Battista Guarino

Italian humanist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroItalian humanist
PlacesItaly
isEducator
Work fieldAcademia
Gender
Male
Birth1434, Ferrara, Province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
DeathFerrara, Province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Family
Father:Guarino da Verona
The details

Biography

Battista Guarino (Latin: Baptista Guarinus; 1434–1513) was the youngest son of Guarino da Verona. He was one of the most significant humanists of his time in northern Italy. Guarino was also an active teacher. He is the presumed author of the ballad Alda.

Literature

  • Daniela Bermond (Bremen, Germany): Der Stellenwert rhetorischer Bildung in humanistischen ‚Lehrplänen’ von Battista Guarino dem Jüngeren bis zu Castiglione (German, The value of rhetorical education in human curricula from Battista Guarino the Younger until Castiglione)
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