Honor, Reputation, and Conflict: George of Trebizond and Humanist Acts of Self-Presentation

The present study investigates the verbal strategies of self-presentation that humanist scholars employed in contests of honor during the early fifteenth century. The focus of this study is George of Trebizond (1395-1472/3), a Cretan scholar who emigrated to Italy in 1416, taught in Venice, Vicenza,...

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Main Author: Alexander, Karl R.
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2013
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/history_etds/14
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=history_etds