HoP 399 - Seriously Funny - Rabelais
In his outrageous novel about Pantagruel and Gargantua, Rabelais engages with scholasticism, humanism, medicine, the reformation, and the querelle des femmes.
In his outrageous novel about Pantagruel and Gargantua, Rabelais engages with scholasticism, humanism, medicine, the reformation, and the querelle des femmes.
A Renaissance queen supports philosophical humanism and produces literary works on spirituality, love, and the soul.
Was Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa a dark magician, a pious skeptic, or both?
In a surprise twist, some Protestant thinkers embrace the methods of scholasticism, and even find something to admire in the work of Catholic authors like Aquinas.
How radical was Luther? We find out from Lyndal Roper, who also discusses Luther and the Peasants' War, sexuality, anti-semitism, and the visual arts.
An interview with Guido Giglioni, who speaks to us about the sources and philosophical implications of medical works of the Renaissance.
Leon Battista Alberti, Benedetto Cotrugli, and Poggio Bracciolini grapple with the moral and conceptual problems raised by the prospect of people getting filthy rich.
Refutation of misogyny in Moderate Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella.
Cassandra Fedele, Isotta Nogarola, and Laura Cereta seek fame and glory through eloquence and learning.
Christine de Pizan's political philosophy, epistemology, and the refutation of misogyny in her "City of Ladies".
The role of women in Byzantine society and the complex attitudes surrounding eunuchs: did they make up a “third gender”?