Greeks and Latins in Renaissance Italy

The twelve essays in this new collection by John Monfasani examine how in particular cases Greek émigrés Italian humanists and Latin scholastics reacted with each other in surprising and important ways. After an opening assessment of Greek migration to Renaissance Italy the essays range from the Averroism of John Argyropoulos and the capacity of Nicholas of Cusa to translate Greek to Marsilio Ficino's position in the Plato-Aristotle controversy and the absence of Ockhamists in Renaissance Italy. Theodore Gaza receives special attention in his roles as translator teacher and philosopher as does Lorenzo Valla for his philosophy theology and historical ideas. Finally the life and writings of a protégé of Cardinal Bessarion the Dominican friar Giovanni Gatti come in for their first extensive study.