A "Lost Renaissance" of Patristic Scholarship? Unpublished Latin Translations of John Chrysostom Created in Italy Between 1575 and 1585.

  • Published In: Journal of the History of Ideas, 2025, v. 86, n. 2. P. 395 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Kennerley, Sam 3 of 3

Abstract

This article asks whether Gigliola Fragnito's argument that censorship led to a "lost Renaissance" of Italian literature can also be applied to patristics, through a study of unpublished Latin translations (CPG 4189, 4192, 4196, 4198, 4209, 4210, 4310, 4316, 4325, 4405.182, 4405.184, 4417.1, 4431, 4432.3, 4576) and an unfinished opera omnia of John Chrysostom that were planned in Rome between 1575 and 1585. It concludes that while there was indeed a "lost Renaissance" of patristic scholarship, this loss is most often attributable to the involuntary effects of censorship, rather than to deliberate acts of suppression by censors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of the History of Ideas. 2025/04, Vol. 86, Issue 2, p395
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0022-5037
  • DOI:10.1353/jhi.2025.a959042
  • Accession Number:184842940
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