Original title: Philosophical Perspective of Humanist Discourse on History: Ars Historica in Patrizi's and Pontano's Dialogues
Authors: Šolcová, Kateřina
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Francesco Patrizi: Philosopher of the Renaissance, Olomouc (CZ), 2014-04-24 / 2014-04-26
Year: 2014
Language: eng
Abstract: The renaissance revival of classical learning raised an interest in history that found expression in a new literary genre, ars historica. In this contribution I provide an analysis of two ars historica examples: The dialogue Actius (written around 1499) by the Neapolitan humanist Giovanni Pontano (1426-1503), which emphasized the literary context of history, and Francesco Patrizi’s (1529-1597) Della historia. Dieci dialoghi (1560), underscoring the appropriate method with focus on the true motivations of historical events. A comparison of these two remarkable works will show in which features the humanist authors anticipated the future development that elevated history to a conceptually independent discipline.
Keywords: ars historica; F. Patrizi; G. G. Pontano; historiography
Project no.: GB14-37038G (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Francesco Patrizi: Philosopher of the Renaissance: Proceedings from the Centre for Renaissance Texts conference: 24-26 April 2014, ISBN 978-80-244-4428-4

Institution: Institute of Philosophy AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0247832

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