Rodolphus Agricola died at Heidelberg on October 27, 1485. He was born in Baflo near Groningen in the Netherlands in 1444 (or 1443). Although in his own manuscripts his name is also spelled "Rhodolphus Agricola Frisus", traditionally it is given in Latin as Rodolphus Agricola Phrisius. His intelligence and ingenuity have inspired readers of his work through the centuries. Since Erasmus and Melanchthon, Agricola's decisive influence on the development of Italian humanism north of the Alps has been recognized widely.
Modern scholarship of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries usually regards him highly. Nevertheless, only sporadic systematic attention has been given to his biography and work. Especially important in this regard are the chronological list of his letters and orations compiled by Allen (1906), the biographical study in Dutch by Van der Velden (1911) and the bibliographical and rhetorical analysis of his work by Ong (1958).
The quincentenary of Agricola's death in 1985 appeared to offer an excellent opportunity for stimulating the renewal of Agricolan studies. A commemoration could appropriately have been organized in a number of places: he studied at Erfurt, Louvain, Pavia, Ferrara and, perhaps also, at Cologne; he filled public office in Groningen and stimulated humanism there; at Heidelberg he taught and functioned in the University and at the court of Johann, Bishop von Dalberg. The Groningen homage to Agricola was not prompted solely by patriotic feelings. There is an established interest in Agricola and northern humanism especially in the departments of classics, history and philosophy of the University and in its library. In general, too, Agricola is considered one of the founding fathers of intellectual life in the northern Netherlands and Germany.
Author(s): Fokke Akerman, Arie Johan Vanderjagt (eds.)
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 6
Publisher: E. J. Brill
Year: 1988
Language: English, German, Italian, French
Pages: 376
City: Leiden
List and Provenance of Plates viii
Preface ix
Editors'Note xiii
List of Contributors xv
PART ONE. MAIN LECTURES
1. Agricola and Groningen. A humanist on his origin / F. AKKERMAN 3
2. Agricola as a Greek scholar / J. IJSEWIJN 21
3. Distinctive discipline: Rudolph Agricola's influence on methodical thinking in the humanities / L. JARDINE
4. Agricola und die Geschichte / E. KESSLER 58
5. Notizie per il soggiorno in Italia di Rodolfo Agricola / A. SOTTILI 79
PART TWO. HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
6. Roeloff Huusman, secretarius der Stadt Groningen 1479/80-1484 / F J. BAKKER 99
7. Rudolph Agricola and the organ of the 'Martinikerk' in Groningen / C. H. EDSKES 112
8. The portraits of Rudolph Agricola / R. E. O. EKKART 118
9. Rudolph Agricola and his books, with some remarks
on the scriptorium of Selwerd / JOS. M. M. HERMANS 123
10. The letters of Rodolphus Agricola to Jacobus Barbirianus / P. KOOIMAN 136
PART THREE. HUMANISM AND LITERATURE
11. Rodolphus Agricola und Conradus Celtis / K. ADEL 149
12. Agricolas Arbeit am Text des Tacitus und des Jüngeren Plinius / F. RÖMER 158
13. Theodoricus Ulsenius, alter Agricola? The popularity of Agricola with early Dutch humanists / C. G. SANTING 170
14. Agricola and Erasmus: Erasmus' inheritance of northern humanism / R. J. SCHOECK 181
15. Agricola alter Maro / P. SCHOONBEEG 189
16. Cornelius Aurelius (c. 1460-1531), praeceptor Erasmi? / C. P. H. M. TILMANS 200
17. Marsile Ficin, Agricola et leurs traductions de l'"Axiochos" / G. TOURNOY 211
18. Rudolph Agricola on ancient and medieval philosophy / A. J. VANDERJAGT 219
19. Agricola and word explanation / A. WESSELING 229
PART FOUR. RHETORIC AND DIALECTICS
20. Agricola's view on universals / H. A. G. BRAAKHUIS 239
21. The artes at Ferrara: Pomponazzi and Agricola / W. VAN DOOREN 248
22. Rudolph Agricola's topics / P. MACK 257
23. Agricola et Ramus - dialectique et rhétorique / C. G. MEERHOFF 270
24. Le "De inventione dialectica" d'Agricola dans la tradition rhétorique d'Aristote à Port-Royal / F. MULLER 281
25. The influence of Agricola and Melanchthon on Hobbes' early philosophy of science / J. PRINS 293
26. Psychoanalysis as a rediscovery of classical rhetoric / P. VAN DER ΖWAAL 302
Bibliography
I. Sources, editions, abbreviations 313
Orationes 316
In Latinum conversa 317
Dialectica, rhetorica 318
Codices manuscripti et adnotationes 318
Carmina 319
Epistulae 321
Vitae 326
Spuria, incerta, perdita 326
II. Literature 328
Indices
Index of proper names 345
Topographical index 356
