Georgius Macropedius` Asotus. Een Neolatijns drama over de Verloren Zoon door Joris van Lanckvelt. Tekst met i...
With a summary in English. The first of Macropedius` writings is the Asotus (1537), a biblical drama of the Prodigal Son. Numerous passages, derived from Erasmus` adaptation of the Vulgata (1516) prove that the author has revised a first concept (1507-1510) of this drama. More info
De Declamatio bij de Humanisten. Bijdrage tot de studie van de functies van de Rhetorica in de Renaissance.
With a summary in English. Considerable attention is paid to the Declamation within the tradition of school-education. Consequently the present study is also of great interest for the history of Renaissance education. More info
Janus Secundus (1511-1536). De tekstoverlevering van het tijdens zijn leven gepubliceerde werk. Joannes Secund...
With a summary in English. This study deals with the works published during Secundus` lifetime, and with the poems on the death of Thomas More that appeared in 1536 shortly after he died. The incentive to carry out the research was the discovery of an unknown manuscript of Secundus` collected poems ... More info
Rudolph Agricola. A Bibliography of printed works and translations.
More than 360 entries with full transcriptions of titles, collations, extensive survey of contents of the original works, bibliographical references, and references to copies. - Fully indexed. More info
Georgius Macropedius, Two Comedies: Rebelles (The Rebels) - Bassarus. Edited and translated from the Latin, wi...
First English translation of any of Macropedius` plays. The original Latin version facing the English translation. More info
Master Tully. Cicero in Tudor England.
`Master Tully` is the first full-scale examinnation of the influence of the Roman statesman, orator, essayist, and stylist Marcus Tullius Cicero upon English intellectual and cultural life during the sixteenth century. Following early chapters on Cicero`s life, career, and writings, the author exami... More info
Pseudomagia. A Neo-Latin Drama by William Mewe. With a Note on the Latin by J.W. Binns.
Follows the Manuscript (MS. R.17.10) in Trinity College, Cambridge. This unpublished play, performed at Emmanuel College probably around 1626, is a late example of a Prodigal Son play. More info