Author | : Demetrio S. Yocum |
File Size | : 55,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Brepols Pub |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 02 May 2024 |
ISBN | : 2503544193 |
Pages | : 307 pages |
Petrarch s Humanist Writing and Carthusian Monasticism by Demetrio S. Yocum Book PDF Summary
Of the long line of renowned and anti-scholastic intellectuals who were attracted to Carthusian circles, Petrarch was undoubtedly the first. By revealing the Carthusian imprint on Petrarch's thought as well as elements of Carthusian spirituality present in his texts, this book argues that Carthusianism was an essential component of Petrarch's Christian humanism and hermeneutics of the self.