Howard, P., Creating Magnificence in Renaissance Florence: [Review]

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Abstract

Peter Howard’s compelling study focuses on St. Antoninus Pierozzi (1389–1459) as a central protagonist in the shaping of the concept of magnificence in Florentine culture. Known as a preacher, author, reformer, priest, administrator, judge, and finally as an archbishop of the city, Antoninus was part of the city’s patronage network and a friend and consultant to Cosimo de Medici. Analyzing previously unpublished sermons and the influential Summa Theologica, Howard employs the lens of the discipline of sermon studies to examine Antoninus’s explanation of the concept of magnificence within the preaching mentality of Renaissance Florence. The book has six lucidly written chapters and an appendix of translations of the primary sources, which should prove very useful to scholars interested in the field.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)198-200
Number of pages3
JournalRenaissance Quarterly
Volume66
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2013

Keywords

  • Creating Magnificence in Renaissance Florence (Book)
  • Howard, Peter
  • Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459
  • Nonfiction

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