Chapter 1: Kin, Friends, and Books (1434–37)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Series Editors’ Introduction xi
4. Volume Editors’ Introduction 1
5. Volume Editors’ Bibliography 21
6. List of Abbreviations 26
7. Chapter 1: Kin, Friends, and Books (1434–37) 27
8. Chapter 2: Guarino’s Circle (1436–38) 40
9. Chapter 3: Venice and Beyond (1438–39) 63
10. Chapter 4: Damiano (1438–41) 83
11. Chapter 5: The Book-Lined Cell (1441 to early 1450s) 101
12. Chapter 6: Foscarini (1451–66) 114
13. Chapter 7: The Great Gender Debate (1451) 138
14. Chapter 8: The Black Swan: Two Orations for Ermolao Barbaro (1453) 159
15. Chapter 9: Pope Pius II and the Congress of Mantua (1459) 175
16. Chapter 10: The Consolation for Marcello and the Friuli Connection (1461) 187
17. A. Concordance between Abel Edition and the King/Robin Translation 203
18. B. A Chronological List of Sources Cited by Isotta Nogarola 205 Series Editors’ Bibliography 205
19. Index 221