Woolfson, Jonathan.

Padua and the Tudors : English Students in Italy, 1485-1603. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (335 pages) - Toronto Italian Studies . - Toronto Italian Studies .

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- 1. The English Nation at Padua -- 2. Students of Law -- 3. Students of Medicine and Natural Philosophy -- 4. Humanists -- 5. Exiles, Tourists, and Intelligencers -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF ENGLISH VISITORS TO PADUA -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Italy's University of Padua attracted a notable body of students from Renaissance England.Woolfson looks at the reasons so many Englishmen went to Padua and the various ways in which their studies impacted on Tudor life and thought.

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Università di Padova-Students-History-16th century.
Università di Padova-Students-Biography-Dictionaries.
Università di Padova-Influence.
British-Italy-Padua-History-16th century.


Electronic books.

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