{"product_id":"andreae-alciati-contra-vitam-monasticam-denis-l-drysdall-9789462700017","title":"Andreae Alciati Contra Vitam Monasticam Epistula--Andrea Alciato's Letter Against Monastic Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his letter \u003ci\u003eAgainst Monastic Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1514-1517), Andrea Alciato, an Italian jurist and writer famous for his Emblemata, urges his friend Bernardus Mattius to reconsider his choice of monastic life. Alciato makes his argument by criticizing religious superstition, the Church's hierarchy, and monastic practices, particularly the Franciscans' hypocrisy, wealth, and divisiveness. Instead, he defends a stoic, civic humanism. Due to the troubled history of this unique manuscript and the inadequacies of the two subsequent editions, Alciato's discourse has been obscured for centuries. This edition and translation seeks to make clear the biographical importance of the text for one of the major figures of the European Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denis L. Drysdall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 946270001X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789462700017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leuven University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Denis L. Drysdall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767221768447,"sku":"9789462700017","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e26e6c71-fa8b-4c2f-8366-f77599c6547c.jpg?v=1744169188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/andreae-alciati-contra-vitam-monasticam-denis-l-drysdall-9789462700017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}