Dissent from Mt. Ventoux: Between Christian and Secular Humanism in Petrarch’s de Ascensu Montis Ventosi

Petrarch’s letter de Ascensu Montis Ventosi has long served as the founding document of “renaissance humanism”. Since thebeginning of renaissance studies in the mid-nineteenth century, the letter has become almost a talisman for summoning the new, secular spirit of humanism that spontaneously arrive...

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Autor principal: Ellis, Erik Z. D.
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Centro de Estudios Filosóficos Medievales, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo 2021
Materias:
Petrarca
Monte Ventoux
recepción de textos literarios
modernidad
humanismo
Petrarch
Mt. Ventoux
Textual Reception
Modernity
Humanism
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/scripta/article/view/4985
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Scripta Mediaevalia de Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
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Monte Ventoux
recepción de textos literarios
modernidad
humanismo
Petrarch
Mt. Ventoux
Textual Reception
Modernity
Humanism
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Modernity
Humanism
Ellis, Erik Z. D.
Dissent from Mt. Ventoux: Between Christian and Secular Humanism in Petrarch’s de Ascensu Montis Ventosi
topic_facet Petrarca
Monte Ventoux
recepción de textos literarios
modernidad
humanismo
Petrarch
Mt. Ventoux
Textual Reception
Modernity
Humanism
author Ellis, Erik Z. D.
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title Dissent from Mt. Ventoux: Between Christian and Secular Humanism in Petrarch’s de Ascensu Montis Ventosi
title_short Dissent from Mt. Ventoux: Between Christian and Secular Humanism in Petrarch’s de Ascensu Montis Ventosi
title_full Dissent from Mt. Ventoux: Between Christian and Secular Humanism in Petrarch’s de Ascensu Montis Ventosi
title_fullStr Dissent from Mt. Ventoux: Between Christian and Secular Humanism in Petrarch’s de Ascensu Montis Ventosi
title_full_unstemmed Dissent from Mt. Ventoux: Between Christian and Secular Humanism in Petrarch’s de Ascensu Montis Ventosi
title_sort dissent from mt. ventoux: between christian and secular humanism in petrarch’s de ascensu montis ventosi
description Petrarch’s letter de Ascensu Montis Ventosi has long served as the founding document of “renaissance humanism”. Since thebeginning of renaissance studies in the mid-nineteenth century, the letter has become almost a talisman for summoning the new, secular spirit of humanism that spontaneously arrived in Italy in the fourteenth century, took hold of the hearts and minds of Europeans in the fifteenth century, and led to cataclysmic cultural, religious, and political changes in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This reading, still common among non-specialists, especially in the English-speaking world, is overly simplistic and ignores Petrarch’s profound debt to classical and Christian tradition, obscuring the fundamentally religious character of the letter. This article examines how scholars came to assign the letter so much importance and offers an interpretation that stresses Petrarch’s continuity with tradition and his desire to revitalize rather than reinvent the traditions of Christian scholarship and contemplation.
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