Humanist Condolences. Funerary Collections in Quattrocento Italy. KU Leuven
Expressing sympathy to relatives, friends, and colleagues after the passing of a loved one is a habit that belongs to every age, yet the way people console one another evolves throughout history. In the Italian Renaissance, the act of consoling was revolutionized, as humanists began to compose funerary collections that gave voice to their grief. These collections consisted of letters, treatises, orations, dialogues, and poems, written by ...