Hercules at the Crossroads

"Based upon two decades of research in European libraries and archives, this book constitutes the first complete biography of the humanist [Coluccio Salutati] about whom more is known than about any other historical personality down to the sixteenth century. Set against the background of twelfth-to early fifteenth century European intellectual history, Witt's analysis provides fresh and exciting insights into the relationship of Christian doctrine and piety, scholastic logic and philosophy, and medieval French and Italian literary currents to early Italian humanism."--Book Jacket.