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Sir John Edwin Sandys (1844–1922) was a leading Cambridge classicist and a Fellow of St. John's College. His most famous work is this three-volume History of Classical Scholarship, published between 1903 and 1908, which remains the only large-scale work on the subject to span the entire period from the sixth century BCE to the end of the nineteenth century. The history of classical studies was a popular topic during the nineteenth century, particularly in Germany, but Sandys stands out for the ambitious scope of his work, even though much of it was based on earlier scholarship. His chronological account is subdivided by genre and region, with some chapters devoted to particularly influential individuals. Volume 2 covers the period from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century.

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Author:   John Edwin Sandys
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511903724

ISBN 10:   0511903723
Publication Date:   07 October 2011
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Table of Contents

Preface; List of illustrations; Select bibliography; Book I. The Revival of Learning in Italy, c.1321–c.1527 A.D.: 1. Introduction; 2. The Villa Paradiso and San Spirito; 3. The recovery of the Latin classics by Poggio, Landriani, Francesco Pizzolpasso, Enoch of Ascoli, Sannazaro, Politian, Giorgio Galbiate, Parrasio, and Fra Giocondo, and of the Greek classics by Guarino, Aurispa and Filelfo, Bessarion, Constantine and Janus Lascaris; 4. The early Medicean age in Florence; 5. The earlier Greek immigrants; 6. The later Greek immigrants; 7. The Academy of Florence - Landino, Ficino, Pico, Politian; 8. The printing of the classics in Italy; 9. Leo X and his patronage of learning; Book II. The Sixteenth Century; 10. Erasmus; 11. Italy from 1527 to 1600; 12. Spain; 13. France from 1360 to 1600; 14. The Netherlands from 1400 to the foundation of the university of Leyden, 1575; 15. England from 1370 to 1600; 16. Germany from 1350 to 1616; Book III. The Seventeenth Century; 17. Italy in the seventeenth century; 18. France in the seventeenth century; 19. The Netherlands from the foundation of the university of Leyden (1575) to 1700; 20. England in the seventeenth century; 21. Germany in the seventeenth century; Book IV. The Eighteenth Century; 22. Italy in the eighteenth century; 23. France in the eighteenth century; 24. England in the eighteenth century; 25. The Netherlands in the eighteenth century; Index.

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