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This volume is an analysis of the development of cultural politics in Lancastrian England. It focusses on Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, brother of Henry V and Protector of England during Henry VI's minority. Humphrey's intellectual activity conformed itself to the Duke's own position in the kingdom: the book explores Humphrey's commission of biographies, translations of Latin texts, political pamphlets and poems, as well as his collection of manuscripts acquired both in England and from Italian humanists. Particular attention is dedicated to Humphrey's donations to the University of Oxford and to his relations with English poets and translators, such as John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve, highlighting his contribution towards the making of the nation's cultural autonomy.

Humphrey --- Authors and patrons --- England --- History --- To 1500 --- Book collecting --- Literary patrons --- Great Britain --- Biography --- Nobility --- Humanists --- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 --- Politics and government --- 1399-1485 --- Intellectual life --- 1066-1485 --- Benefactors --- Bibliophily --- Books --- Book selection --- Collectors and collecting --- Antiquarian booksellers --- Bibliomania --- Literary patronage --- Maecenatism --- Patronage of literature --- Sponsorship of literature --- Art patronage --- Literature and state --- Humphrey, --- Humfrey, --- Unfredo, --- Plantagenet, Humphrey, --- Humphrey, duc de Gloucester, 1391-1447 --- HUMANISME --- ANGLETERRE --- Et la culture --- 15E SIECLE --- VIE INTELLECTUELLE

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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447) was the most important patron of Italian Renaissance humanism in England during the fifteenth century. This study reconstructs the network of patronage between Gloucester, his Italian middlemen, and several Italian humanists. Analysing their motives for establishing contacts with each other, it considers the literary interests of these men within the political and social context and argues that the early transmission of humanism to England was closely linked with the promotion of political, dynastic and socio-economic interests. This integrative approach highlights the dynamic interrelation between the intellectual and the political sphere; it shows Gloucester and the men in his circle as active proponents of their interests and explains the appeal Renaissance humanism held for such exponents of the vita activa in Italy and beyond.

Art patronage --- Humanism --- Nobility --- Renaissance --- Humanists --- Philosophy --- Classical education --- Classical philology --- Philosophical anthropology --- Arts patronage --- Business patronage of the arts --- Corporations --- Maecenatism --- Patronage of art --- Art and industry --- History --- Humphrey, --- Humfrey, --- Unfredo, --- Plantagenet, Humphrey, --- Art patronage. --- Great Britain --- England --- Italy --- Italia --- Italian Republic (1946- ) --- Italianska republika --- Italʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Italie --- Italien --- Italii︠a︡ --- Italii︠a︡ Respublikasi --- Italiĭsʹka Respublika --- Itālija --- Itālijas Republika --- Italijos Respublika --- Italikē Dēmokratia --- Īṭāliyā --- Italiya Respublikasi --- It'allia --- It'allia Konghwaguk --- İtalya --- İtalya Cumhuriyeti --- Iṭalyah --- Iṭalye --- Itaria --- Itaria Kyōwakoku --- Jumhūrīyah al-Īṭālīyah --- Kgl. Italienische Regierung --- Königliche Italienische Regierung --- Laško --- Lýðveldið Ítalía --- Olasz Köztársaság --- Olaszország --- Regno d'Italia (1861-1946) --- Repubblica italiana (1946- ) --- Republiḳah ha-Iṭalḳit --- Włochy --- Yidali --- Yidali Gongheguo --- Ιταλική Δημοκρατία --- Ιταλία --- Итальянская Республика --- Италианска република --- Италия --- Италия Республикаси --- Італьянская Рэспубліка --- Італія --- Італійська Республіка --- איטאליע --- איטליה --- רפובליקה האיטלקית --- إيطاليا --- جمهورية الإيطالية --- イタリア --- イタリア共和国 --- 意大利 --- 意大利共和国 --- 이탈리아 --- 이탈리아 공화국 --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Civilization --- Italian influences. --- Intellectual life --- Relations --- Humphrey, duc de Gloucester, 1391-1447 --- ANGLETERRE --- HUMANISME --- HENRI V, ROI D'ANGLETERRE, 1387-1422 --- HENRI VI, ROI D'ANGLETERRE, 1421-1471 --- Et la culture --- VIE INTELLECTUELLE --- 14E-15E SIECLES --- 15E SIECLE --- ET LA CULTURE