Povijesni prilozi, Vol. 36 No. 52, 2017.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.22586/pp.v52i0.2
Faust Vrančić (1551 – 1617) and intellectual culture of his age
Zrinka Blažević
orcid.org/0000-0003-3261-4333
Abstract
Faust Vrančić (1551 – 1617) is one of the most versatile Croatian humanists and polymaths whose scientifc, literary and political activities deeply marked both Croatian and European intellectual culture and at the turn of the 16th century. In the manner typical for late humanist scholar, Vrančić assimilated, combined and creatively modifed features of various intellectual traditions which fashioned the complex structure of the Renaissance episteme, from Aristotelism and Scholastics to Renaissance Humanism and Reformational Catholicism. By examining technical, linguistic, philosophical, hagiographical and historical works by Faust Vrančić, the complex confguration of late Humanist intellectual culture between Meditteranean and Central Europe has been highlighted. As a consequence, it can be stated that Vrančić was not only its highly competent participant but also one of its most creative and imaginative creators.
Keywords
Faust Vrančić; works; 16th century intellectual culture; Renaissance; episteme
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186186
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Publication date:
25.7.2017.
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