Family, Vocation, and Humanism in the Italian Renaissance
Author:   George McClure (University of Alabama )
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009629270


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   19 January 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Family, Vocation, and Humanism in the Italian Renaissance


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Author:   George McClure (University of Alabama )
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009629270


ISBN 10:   1009629271
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   19 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Petrarch's father, brother, son, and the literary life; 3. Boccaccio and narratives of filial freedom; 4. Giovanni conversini's search for vocation: between natal and conjugal family; 5. Leon Battista alberti and the merchant family; 6. Conclusion: family and the humanist origins of secular vocation; Bibliography.

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George McClure is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He is the  author of several books on the aspects of Italian Renaissance and early modern civilization, most recently, Doubting the Divine in Early Modern Europe.

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