{"product_id":"9781350462816","title":"Premature Renaissance The Flourishing of the Mother Tongue in 14th-Century Florence and London","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePremature Renaissance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Flourishing of the Mother Tongue in 14th-Century Florence and London\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonathan Hughes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Western\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a wide range of sources and a novel interdisciplinary approach, Jonathan Hughes convincingly argues that a renaissance occurred in late 14th-century Florence and London that had less to do with the discovery of classical antiquity than the inspiration of Dante's vernacular Divine Comedy. Hughes shines a light on how Petrarch, Boccaccio and Chaucer, writers working largely outside the traditional centres of Latin education and cultural authority like the universities, cathedrals and monasteries, realized that the language imparted by mothers to their children held the key to the creation of literature that was imaginative and personal; literature that explored the mysteries of the human personality, demonstrated the power of nature, and reflected the lives and worlds of ordinary people in the city streets and rural fields.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Premature Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on the ways in which this literature challenged the pre-eminence of Latin and questioned ecclesiastical assumptions (even those of Dante) about the nature of reality, the justice of Divine judgment and the existence of an afterlife, giving prominence to the voice of women and their perspective in the process.\u003cbr\u003eThe book also considers how and why this was a brief and ultimately premature renaissance by examining the retreat of these intellectual pioneers from the bold and disturbing implications of their discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJonathan Hughes is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, UK. His books include \u003ci\u003eArthurian Myths and Alchemy: The Kingship of Edward IV\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eRise of Alchemy in the Fourteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury Academic, 2009) and \u003ci\u003eDante in the Early English Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350462816\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e368\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099313594508,"sku":"9781350462816","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_1740e017-e323-446c-bb8a-979be1db8eba.jpg?v=1787138787","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350462816","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}