Patronage and humanist literature in the age of the Jagiellons : court and career in the writings of Rudolf Agricola Junior, Valentin Eck, and Leonard Cox / Jacqueline Glomski.

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Patronage and Humanist Literature in the Age of the Jagiellons is an insightful historic account that is accessible to anyone interested in patronage at the time of the European Renaissance.

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This interesting, carefully researched study considers the significance of three itinerant writers--Rudolf Agricola Junior and Valentin Eck (both German), and Leonard Cox (English)--operating under court patronage in 16th-century KraKow during the development of early Latin humanist literature. Noting that scholarship on the political aspirations and cultural significance of the three has been largely unavailable to Anglophone audiences, Glomski (King's College, London) sets out to show how these writers functioned under the Jagiellon ruling family of east central Europe and how their writings made important contributions to the incipient development of Renaissance humanist Latin literature. Chapters explore the structure and functions of patronage; the careers of the three writers in relation to other itinerant scholars and writers residing in KraKow between 1510 and 1530; the panegyric and political poetry written by the three for the Jagiellon court, in particular King Sigismund I of Poland; and the success of these writers in bringing fame to their patrons while promoting their own humanistic agenda. Building on work by Eckhard Bernstein (who has written on German culture and humanism) and Christine Treml (Humanistische Gemeinschaftsbildung, 1989), this engaging study has much to offer anyone interested in early modern comparative literature and culture. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. C. S. Cox University of Pittsburgh