This paper, that has been introduced at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America （Washington, March 22, 2012）, is a little part of a wider research about migration and movements of people between Wes...This paper, that has been introduced at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America （Washington, March 22, 2012）, is a little part of a wider research about migration and movements of people between Western and Eastern Europe （and vice versa） that, started one year ago, is still in progress. Despite a common thought that had considered, still in 15th century, Hungarians as unculturished and violent people, the town of Ferrara, ruled by the Estes, had welcomed many of them during the 15-16th centuries. They were, above all, and as the sources testify, literati and students. This paper tries to show and analyze the cultural reasons and the background that have determined Hungarians＇ presence in Ferrara during the Renaissance, with the consciousness that if many sources have been studied, many others must be展开更多
文摘This paper, that has been introduced at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America （Washington, March 22, 2012）, is a little part of a wider research about migration and movements of people between Western and Eastern Europe （and vice versa） that, started one year ago, is still in progress. Despite a common thought that had considered, still in 15th century, Hungarians as unculturished and violent people, the town of Ferrara, ruled by the Estes, had welcomed many of them during the 15-16th centuries. They were, above all, and as the sources testify, literati and students. This paper tries to show and analyze the cultural reasons and the background that have determined Hungarians＇ presence in Ferrara during the Renaissance, with the consciousness that if many sources have been studied, many others must be
