Philip Melanchthon's Humanist Politics: Greek Scholarship in a Time of Confessional Crisis

This article examines how Philip Melanchthon utilized classical Greek texts in the confessional conflicts of the Reformation. In 1521, Melanchthon published a Greek edition of Aristophanes’ Clouds as a critique of sophistry, and in 1527 he produced a Latin translation of Demosthenes’ speeches Agains...

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Main Author: Batson, Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2022
In: Reformation & Renaissance review
Year: 2022, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-43
Further subjects:B Philip Melanchthon
B Xenophon
B Aristophanes
B Greek
B Demosthenes
B Humanism
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