Title Patronage and Humanist Literature in the Age of the Jagiellons : Court and Career in the Writings of Rudolf Agricola Junior, Valentin Eck, and Leonard Cox

Edition 16th ed Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (353 pages) Series Erasmus Studies Erasmus studies Contents Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Patronage and Humanist Literature at Cracow, 1510-1530: The Careers of Rudolf Agricola Junior, Valentin Eck, and Leonard Cox -- Dynastic Politics and Artistic Patronage in Early Sixteenth-Century Poland: The Introduction of the New Style -- Literary Patronage at Cracow I: The Supporters of Humanist Latin -- Literary Patronage at Cracow II: The Wandering Humanist Poets -- The Search for Patronage -- Patronage and Career -- 2 Careerism at Cracow: Issues of Identity and Self-Promotion -- Self-Promotion and Career Building: The Letters of Rudolf Agricola Junior to Joachim Vadian -- Approaching the Patron: The Dedicatory Letters of Rudolf Agricola Junior, Valentin Eck, and Leonard Cox -- Approaching the Public: Commendatory Poems Accompanying the Works of Rudolf Agricola Junior, Valentin Eck, and Leonard Cox -- 3 Hero-Making: The Image of the Great Man -- Strategies for the Portrayal of the Hero -- The Image of the Patron in Valentin Eck's: Panegyricus in laudem Augustini Moraui and De antiquissima nominis et familiae Thurzonum origine -- 4 The Need for the Immediate Production of Poetry: Political Propaganda and Occasional Verse -- Dynastic Pretensions: Political Negotiations and War -- Hungary under Louis II Jagiellon -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The Works of Rudolf Agricola Junior, Valentin Eck, and Leonard Cox: Short-Title Bibliographies -- Appendix 2: Variants of Personal and Place Names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z Summary Patronage and Humanist Literature in the Age of the Jagiellons is an insightful historic account that is accessible to anyone interested in patronage at the time of the European Renaissance Notes Print version record Subject Agricola, Rudolph, 1490-1521 -- Criticism and interpretation Eck, Valentín, 1494?-approximately 1556 -- Criticism and interpretation Cox, Leonard, active 1572 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Agricola, Rudolph, 1490-1521 fast Cox, Leonard, active 1572 fast Eck, Valentín, 1494?-approximately 1556 fast Subject Authors and patrons -- Europe -- History -- 16th century Authors and patrons -- Poland -- History -- 16th century Authors and patrons Europe Poland Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442684683 1442684682

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