The Vernacular Aristotle - Translation as Reception in Medieval and Renaissance Italy - Eugenio Refini - Paperback Bog - Cambridge University Press -

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Explores the ways in which Aristotle's legacy was appropriated and reshaped by vernacular readers in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Focusing on the ethical implications of the theory and practice of translation, it illuminates the cultural and social dynamics that legitimated the vernacular as a language of knowledge.