Rodolphus Agricola Phrisius 1444-1485: Proceedings of the International Conference at the University of Groningen, 28-30 October 1985

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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. 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