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Lorenzo Valla

Also known as Laurence Valla

Italian Renaissance humanist (c. 1407–1457)

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Lorenzo Valla was an Italian Renaissance scholar and writer (c. 1407–1457) who helped pioneer humanist approaches to studying classical texts and languages with critical rigor. His work matters because he developed methods for analyzing ancient documents that became foundational to modern historical and textual criticism.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Lorenzo
Gender: male
Place of birth: Rome
Place of death: Rome
Educated at: University of Pavia
Employer: University of Pavia
Religion: Catholic Church
Student of: Giovanni Aurispa
Field of work: philosophy
Movement: humanism
Image: Portret van Lorenzo Valla Laurentius Valla (titel op object), RP-P-1909-4359.jpg

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Commons category: Lorenzo Valla
date of death: 1457-00-00
date of birth: 1405-00-00
name in native language: Laurentius Vallensis
described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
writing language: medieval Latin
P8168: superior labial artery
Commons Creator page: Lorenzo Valla
P13311: 55 BC

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Laurentii Vallae Elegantiae

Hoc in volumine haec continentur Laurentii Vallensis elegantiae de lingua latina [Texto impreso] ;]Laurentii Vallensis de pronomine sui ad Ioannem Tortelium ; Laurentii Vallensis lima quaedam per Antoniū Mancinellum ...

Trattato vtile et degno d'esser letto da ogni persona, di Lorenzo Valla ... doue si tratta della donatione, che volgarmente si dice esser fatta da Costantino Magno Imperatore Romano, a Papa Siluestro

De latina elegantia libri VI De reciprocatione sui et suus liber I. Eiusdem in Antonium Raudensem annotationum libellus, cum antidoto in Pogium

Elegantiae linguae latinae

Avli Gellii Noctivm Atticarvm Libri Vndeviginti

Elegantiae linguae latinae De pronomine "ego", "mei", "tui", "sui", vel De reciprocatione "sui" et "suus"

Thvcydidis Atheniensis Historiographi De Bello Peloponnensivm Atheniensivmqve Libri VIII /

Laure[n]tii Valle de lingua latina q[uam] optime meriti :

LAVRENTII VALLENsis libri elegantiarum sex :

Jllus: Principibus Vilelmio, Litauico, Arionisto, Literarieq[ue] Reipublice Boiorum Dedicatu[m] Rudimenta gramaticae De octo partibus or[ati]o[n]is & constructione, Grecarum declinatione seorsum :

LAVRENTII VALLAE ELEGANTIARVM LATINAE LINGVAE LIBRI SEX:

LAVRENTII VALLAE DE LINguae Latinae Elegantia libri sex :

LAVRENTII VALLAE DE LINguae Latinae Elegantia libri sex, iam nouissime de integro bona fide emaculati /

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Encyclopedic overview

Lorenzo Valla ( Italian: [loˈrɛntso ˈvalla]; also latinized as Laurentius; c. 1407 – 1 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance humanist scholar, rhetorician, educator, and Catholic priest. He is best known for his historical-critical textual analysis that proved that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery, therefore attacking and undermining the presumption of temporal power claimed by the papacy. Lorenzo is sometimes seen as a precursor of the Reformation.

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