Hellenostephanos. Humanist Greek in Early Modern Europe: Learned Communities Between Antiquity and Contemporary Culture [French]

The rebirth of Ancient Greek in Europe was promoted by Humanist education and ideas to such an extent that we can consider the Greek language as a formative element of Humanist culture. Next to Latin, the default common language, a Humanist has to know and use Greek, because he is not, cannot and will not be a barbarian: βαρβαρος οὐ πέλομαι, as Julius Caesar Scaliger...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 9949777585
• ISBN13: 9789949777587
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Tartu Press
• Length: 472 Pages