Chapter VI: Third Period of Humanism

Improvement in Taste and Criticism -- Coteries and Academies --
Revival of Italian Literature -- Printing -- Florence, the Capital of
Learning -- Lorenzo de' Medici and his Circle -- Public Policy of
Lorenzo -- Literary Patronage -- Variety of his Gifts -- Meetings of
the Platonic Society -- Marsilio Ficino -- His Education for Platonic
Studies -- Translations of Plato and the Neoplatonists -- Harmony
between Plato and Christianity -- Giovanni Pico -- His First
Appearance in Florence -- His Theses proposed at Rome -- Censure of
the Church -- His Study of the Cabbala -- Large Conception of Learning
-- Occult Science -- Cristoforo Landino -- Professor of Fine
Literature -- Virgilian Studies -- Camaldolese Disputations -- Leo
Battista Alberti -- His Versatility -- Bartolommeo Scala -- Obscure
Origin -- Chancellor of Florence -- Angelo Poliziano -- Early Life --
Translation of Homer -- The 'Homericus Juvenis' -- True Genius in
Poliziano -- Command of Latin and Greek -- Resuscitation of Antiquity
in his own Person -- His Professorial Work -- The 'Miscellanea' --
Relation to Medici -- Roman Scholarship in this Period -- Pius II. --
Pomponius Lætus -- His Academy and Mode of Life -- Persecution under
Paul II. -- Humanism at Naples -- Pontanus -- His Academy -- His
Writings -- Academies established in all Towns of Italy --
Introduction of Printing -- Sweynheim and Pannartz -- The Early
Venetian Press -- Florence -- Cennini -- Alopa's Homer -- Change in
Scholarship effected by Printing -- The Life of Aldo Manuzio -- The
Princely House of Pio at Carpi -- Greek Books before Aldo -- The
Aldine Press at Venice -- History of its Activity -- Aldo and Erasmus
-- Aldo and the Greek Refugees -- Aldo's Death -- His Family and
Successors -- The Neacademia -- The Salvation of Greek Literature 224