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Family, vocation, and humanism in the Italian Renaissance
"By examining the letters, autobiographies, dialogues, polemics, and fictional works of the early Italian humanists, such as Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giovanni Conversini, and Leon Battista Alberti, this book shows how Italian humanists wrestled with the crisis of vocational choice amid struggles with natal and conjugal families"-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction -- Petrarch's Father, Brother, Son, and the Literary Life -- Boccaccio and Narratives of Filial Freedom -- Giovanni Conversini's Search for Vocation: Between Natal and Conjugal Family -- Leon Battista Alberti and the Merchant Family -- Conclusion: Family and the Humanist Origins of Secular Vocation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025