Pagan Virtue in a Christian World Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance |
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| Author:
| D'Elia, Anthony F. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-08851-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $82.95 |
Book Description:
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In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, damning a living man to an afterlife of torment. What had Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and a patron of the arts, done to merit this fate? Anthony D'Elia shows how the recovery of classical literature and art during the Italian Renaissance led to a revival of paganism.
In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, damning a living man to an afterlife of torment. What had Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and a patron of the arts, done to merit this fate? Anthony D'Elia shows how the recovery of classical literature and art during the Italian Renaissance led to a revival of paganism.