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William Dillingham'S Aegyptus Triumphata - Edited With Introduction, Translation And Commentary

by Estelle (Queen'S University Belfast, Uk) Haan

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 This edition of William Dillinghamâ€™s Aegyptus Triumphata (1680) comprises the Latin text, a facing English translation, a comprehensive Introduction, and a rich Commentary.
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Cleophilusâ€™ De Coetu Poetarum And Iustus Lipsiusâ€™ Somnium - Dreaming Of The Literary Tradition

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 The first modern editions and annotated English translations of two Latin texts important in literary history.
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Jose Basilio Da Gama'S Brazilian Goldmines

by Dreykon Fernandes (Independent Scholar, Brazil) Nascimento e Leni Ribeiro (University Of Kentucky, Usa) Leite

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 The first text, translation and commentary of an unpublished 18th-century Latin didactic poem about the Brazilian gold rush.
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Sicco Polenton, Lives Of The Famous Latin Authors - A Selection

by Rino (University Of Padova, Italy) Modonutti e T. E. (University Of Oxford, Uk) Franklinos

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 An anthology of the first modern history of Latin literature, Sicco Polentonâ€™s Scriptorum illustrium Latinae linguae libri XVIII.
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The Latin Poems Of Christian Wedsted - A Moravian In 18th-Century Pennsylvania

by Aaron (Loyola University Maryland, Usa) Palmore

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 An edition, with translation and commentary, of the transatlantic Latin poetry of Christian Wedsted (1727-1757).
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Latin Verse Of Martin Luther - Texts, Translations And Commentary

by Carl P. E. Springer

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 Martin Luther wrote a number of Latin poems, mostly using traditional classical metres, over the course of his career. He used them to praise friends, insult adversaries and express his faith in times of distress. Up until now, Luther''s Neo-Latin poetry has largely fallen through the disciplinary cracks. Literary scholars have traditionally paid more attention to the Latin verse of more celebrated humanist poets such as Petrarch. Students of the Reformation have concentrated far more often on Luther''s prose and his famous German hymns than on his Latin poems. Even scholars who are familiar with Luther''s Neo-Latin poetry have dismissed it as of only marginal significance. As this book demonstrates, Luther''s Latin verses are valuable cultural products that amply reward scholarly reconsideration. Springer''s volume is the first to provide English translations of all of them. It also includes extensive introductions and line-by-line annotations for each of the poems, situating them within their literary traditions and contemporary contexts. As such, it enables readers to see that far from being a reformer who more or less repudiated the Classics, or someone who merely dabbled in them, Luther was a confident, even bold, Latin poet, who was serious about working out his own distinctive synthesis between Christianity and the language and literature of the ancient Romans.
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Latin Poetry Of Thomas Gray - Edited With Introduction, Translation And Commentary

by Estelle Haan

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 An annotated Neo-Latin text and translation of the Latin poetry of the 18th-century poet Thomas Gray.
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The Latin Poetry Of Thomas Gray - Edited With Introduction, Translation And Commentary

by Estelle (Queen'S University Belfast, Uk) Haan

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 An annotated Neo-Latin text and translation of the Latin poetry of the 18th-century poet Thomas Gray.
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Neo-Latin Verse Of Urban Viii, Alexander Vii And Leo Xiii - Three Papal Poets From Baroque To Risorgimento

by Stephen Harrison

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 A fascinating insight into the most talented Latin poets to occupy the Papal throne after Pius II Piccolomini in the 15th century, this book offers translations of and commentaries on the major poems of the three popes (all Italians): Urban VIII Barberini, Alexander VII Chigi and Leo XIII Pecci. Their highly accomplished Neo-Latin poems owe much to the major Latin poets and are significant instances of classical reception, but also cast an interesting light on their lives, times and papacies. Urban (elected pope in 1623) published a mixture of secular and religious verse, drawing on the hexameter epistles of Horace and the lyrics of Catullus and writing Horatian material in praise of Alessandro Farnese, governor of the Netherlands for Philip II of Spain, and the Spanish martyr St Laurence. Alexander (elected pope in 1655) like Urban combines secular and religious themes and often uses Horatian frameworks, writing hexameter accounts of some of the journeys he made as a papal diplomat in Germany and an Horatian ode on the fall of the Protestant stronghold of La Rochelle (1628). Leo''s poetry was mostly religious and published during his papacy (1878-1903); his Horatian ode on the new millennium of 1900 was widely read, and other works include an elegy which links a shrine of the Virgin with the Battle of Lepanto; an Horatian satire on moderate diet; and hymns to saints which combine early Christian and Horatian forms.
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Anthology Of Neo-Latin Poetry By Classical Scholars

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 Presenting a range of Neo-Latin poems written by distinguished classical scholars across Europe from c. 1490 to c. 1900, this anthology includes a selection of celebrated names in the history of scholarship. Individual chapters present the Neo-Latin poems alongside new English translations (usually the first) and accompanying introductions and commentaries that annotate these verses for a modern readership, and contextualise them within the careers of their authors and the history of classical scholarship in the Renaissance and early modern period. An appealing feature of Renaissance and early modern Latinity is the composition of fine Neo-Latin poetry by major classical scholars, and the interface between this creative work and their scholarly research. In some cases, the two are actually combined in the same work. In others, the creative composition and scholarship accompany each other along parallel tracks, when scholars are moved to write their own verse in the style of the subjects of their academic endeavours. In still further cases, early modern scholars produced fine Latin verse as a result of the act of translation, as they attempted to render ancient Greek poetry in a fitting poetic form for their contemporary readers of Latin.
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De Persecutione Anglicana By Robert Persons S.J. - A Critical Edition Of The Latin Text With English Translation, Commentary And Introduction

by Marianne Dircksen e Victor Houliston

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 Presenting the text of a notorious Jesuit attack on Queen Elizabeth I''s treatment of her Catholic subjects, this volume highlights the European context of the English Reformation and Robert Persons''s role as propagandist. In De persecutione Anglicana, Robert Persons (1546-1610) graphically describes the conditions in prisons, the harassment of Catholics at home and the gruesome manner of execution for treason. The work culminates in the arrest of the famous Jesuit martyr Edmund Campion, with rapidly revised versions bringing the narrative up to date after Campion''s execution on 1 December 1581. Written in Latin to appeal to readers throughout Europe, it was translated into French, Italian and German, making it arguably the most important Latin martyrological work by an English Catholic of the Elizabethan period. This critical edition comprises the Latin text, English translation and commentary, and a textual history, appending additional material from the revised versions. Persons was actively involved in the drive to restore Roman Catholicism in England, as missionary strategist, controversialist and founder of English colleges abroad. He worked closely with the superior general of the Society of Jesus, Claudio Acquaviva, negotiating with Philip II of Spain, the Duke of Guise, the Duke of Parma and successive popes. Thanks to the growth of early modern British Catholic studies, his prolific and provocative English writings attract increasing scholarly attention, but his Latin texts have often been glossed over.
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Roger Ascham S Themata Theologica

by Lucy R. Nicholas

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 Roger Ascham is often classified as ''a great mid-Tudor humanist'' and he is perhaps best known for his role as tutor to Elizabeth I. His most famous works, The Scholemaster and Toxophilus, have been extensively quarried and anthologised in studies on prose style and English humanism. By contrast, his Neo-Latin works that engaged with theology and key Reformation concerns have languished in the shadows of modern scholarship. Ascham''s Themata Theologica (''Theological Topics'') is one of these, and its content has the potential to open up many an investigative avenue into the intellectual and religious culture of the sixteenth century. This is the first volume to offer a corresponding English translation. The Themata can be dated to the early to mid- 1540s, and was composed by Ascham while still at Cambridge University and serving as a senior fellow at St John''s College. The work mainly comprises a compendium of relatively short commentaries on Scriptural verses (both Old and New Testament), many of which developed into expositions on difficult philosophical concepts, such as the notion of felix culpa (literally, ''happy fault'') and some of the most intractable theological questions of the day, including the nature of sin, adiaphora (''matters of indifference''), justification and free will. This little-known text offers a rare opportunity to trace the course of Ascham''s own religious maturation, but also offers fresh insights into the confessional climate at Cambridge University during one of the most turbulent periods of the Reformation in England.
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Ermolao Barbaro'S On Celibacy 3 And 4 And On The Duty Of The Ambassador

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 This book offers the first annotated translation into English of two works of the eminent Venetian humanist, Ermolao Barbaro (1454-93). Books 3 and 4 of On Celibacy seek to justify a contemplative existence at a far remove from the active life and career-path expected of a figure of Barbaro''s standing within the Venetian patriciate; Books 1 and 2 of On Celibacy are presented in the companion-piece to this second volume. The second work presented here is Barbaro''s short treatise On the Duty of Ambassador (1488): based on Barbaro''s own practical experience as a Venetian envoy abroad, this treatise outlines the conduct expected of the dedicated career diplomat. Viewed against each other, Barbaro''s On Celibacy and On the Duty of the Ambassador offer contrasting perspectives on the wider 15th-century debate about the claims of the reflective as opposed to the active life - a debate that extends all the way back to Greco-Roman antiquity. In On Celibacy the young Barbaro is committed to a life that proudly renounces civic engagement in the name of self-discovery and inner fulfilment. Yet a different Barbaro asserts himself in On the Duty of the Ambassador: he now presents himself as a committed public servant in a work that is ahead if its time in theorizing the nature of ''modern'' Renaissance diplomacy. On a personal level, these two works capture the profound dichotomy in Barbaro''s life between his humanist devotion to scholarship on the one hand and, on the other, his call of duty to the Republic of Venice.
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Ermolao Barbaro'S On Celibacy 1 And 2

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 This volume offers the first annotated English translation of the first two books of On Celibacy (1473) by the eminent Venetian humanist Ermolao Barbaro (1454-93); Books 3 and 4 of On Celibacy are presented, along with Barbaro''s On the Duty of the Ambassador, in the companion piece to this first volume. Setting out the historical context that crucially conditions Barbaro''s advocacy of the celibate life in Books 1 and 2, the introduction examines how On Celibacy seeks to justify a contemplative existence that rejects the career path expected of a figure of Barbaro''s standing within the Venetian patrician class. Beyond setting out the essential facts of Ermolao Barbaro''s life-story, Gareth Williams discusses how On Celibacy is set in counterpoise to the treatise On Marriage (1415) that was composed by Ermolao''s eminent grandfather, Francesco Barbaro. If the latter''s treatise was vitally concerned with the institution of marriage as a key factor in the safeguarding of family succession and the stability of patriciate participation in government at Venice, On Celibacy presents an alternative ideal whereby the celibate can proudly renounce civic life in the name of self-discovery and the pursuit of wisdom, his abilities simply unsuited to the rigors of civic life. On Celibacy is thus implicated in a much wider 15th-century debate about the claims of the contemplative as opposed to the active life - a debate that extends all the way back to Graeco-Roman antiquity.
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Japan On The Jesuit Stage - Two 17th-Century Latin Plays With Translation And Commentary

by Akihiko Watanabe

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 The Jesuits were a major source of European information on Japan from the late 16th to early 17th century. Not only were they active missionaries but they also produced linguistic, religious and cultural tracts, regional chronicles, as well as hundreds of Latin plays written in imitation of classical Greco-Roman theatre but set in Japan. An intriguing yet underexplored segment of Jesuit school theatre is that which stages non-classical, non-Western subjects such as Japan, and this volume is the first to present Latin texts of two of these plays alongside full English translations, commentaries and an extensive introduction. The plays in question - Martyrs of Japan and Victor the Japanese - were performed in Koblenz and Munich, in 1625 and 1665 respectively, and are collated from original 17th-century manuscripts for this edition. They were based on specific events which took place in Japan in 1597 and 1613, and their main characters are historically attested Japanese Catholic converts and their pagan peers. The juxtaposition of the Latin texts and original English translations makes the plays newly accessible to a wide readership, shedding light on the ways in which Western classical humanism rooted in ancient Mediterranean theatre became intertwined with momentous historical developments across the globe to produce these unique spectacles. The introduction and commentary examine the historical, cultural and literary contexts and provide guidance on interpretative and stylistic issues, allowing for a full appreciation of the plays in which pagan classical, Christian, early modern European and Japanese elements come together.
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Anthology Of Neo-Latin Literature In British Universities

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 Compiled by a team of experts in the field, this volume brings to view an array of Latin texts produced in British universities from c.1500 to 1700. It includes a comprehensive introduction to the production of Neo-Latin and Neo-Greek in the early modern university, the precise circumstances and broader environments that gave rise to it, plus an associated bibliography. 12 high-quality sections, each prefaced by its own short introduction, set forth the Latin (and occasionally Greek) texts and accompanying English translations and notes. Each section provides focused orientation and is arranged in such a way as to ensure the volume''s accessibility to scholars and students at all levels of familiarity with Neo-Latin. Passages are taken from documents that were composed in seats of learning across the British Isles, in Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Edinburgh and St Andrews, and adduce a wide range of material from orations and disputational theses to collections of occasional verse, correspondence, notebooks and university drama. This anthology as a whole conveys a sense of the extent of Latin''s role in the academy and the span of remits in which it was deployed. Far from simply offering a snapshot of discrete projects, the contributions collectively offer insights into the broader culture of the early modern university over an extended period. They engage with the administrative operations of institutions, pedagogical processes and academic approaches, but also high-level disputes and the universities'' relationship with the worlds of politics, new science and intellectual developments elsewhere in Europe.
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Anthology Of European Neo-Latin Literature

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 Compiled by a team of international experts, this volume showcases the best of the huge abundance of literature written in Latin in Europe from about 1500 to 1800. A general introduction provides readers with the context they need before diving into the 19 high-quality short Latin extracts and English translations. Together these texts present a rich panorama of the different literary genres, styles and themes that flourished at the time, and include authors such as Erasmus, Buchanan, Leibniz and Newton, along with less well-known writers. From the vast array of material available, a varied and meaningful sample of texts has been carefully curated by the editors of the volume. Passages not only exhibit literary merit or historical importance, but also illustrate the role of the complete texts from which they have been selected in the development of Neo-Latin literature. They reflect the wide range of authors writing in Latin in early modern Europe, as well as the importance of Latin in the history of ideas. As with all volumes in the series, section introductions and accompanying notes on every text provide orientation on the material for students.
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Anthology Of British Neo-Latin Literature

by Gesine Manuwald, L. B. T. Houghton e Lucy R. Nicholas

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 This volume offers a wide range of sample passages from literature written in Latin in the British Isles during the period from about 1500 to 1800. It includes a general introduction to and bibliography to the Latin literature of these centuries, as well as Latin texts with English translations, introductions and notes. These texts present a rich panorama of the different literary genres, styles and themes flourishing at the time, illustrating the role of Latin texts in the development of literary genres, the diversity of authors writing in Latin in early modern Britain, and the importance of Latin in contemporary political, religious and scientific debates. The collection, which includes both texts by well-known authors (such as John Milton, Thomas More and George Buchanan) and previously unpublished items, can be used as a point of entry for students at school and university level, but will also be of interest to specialists in a number of academic disciplines.
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An Anthology Of Neo-Latin Literature Written By Women

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 This anthology showcases a diverse collection of Neo-Latin texts by female authors from approximately 1390 to 1750, highlighting women's contributions to Latin literature during this period.
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The Latin Verse Of Martin Luther - Texts, Translations And Commentary

by Carl P. E. (University Of Tennessee, Usa) Springer

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 The first book in English to provide texts and translations of all of Martin Lutherâ€™s neo-Latin poetry and a line-by-line commentary for each poem.
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The Latin Poetry Of Thomas Gray - Edited With Introduction, Translation And Commentary

by Estelle (Queen'S University Belfast, Uk) Haan

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 An annotated Neo-Latin text and translation of the Latin poetry of the 18th-century poet Thomas Gray.
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An Anthology Of Neo-Latin Literature In British Universities

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