Lorenzo Valla

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Lorenzo Valla was a 15th-century Italian humanist, philologist, and critic best known for his pioneering textual analysis that exposed the Donation of Constantine as a forgery and helped shape Renaissance humanist scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Italian person ⓘ
Renaissance humanist ⓘ
classical scholar ⓘ
humanist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
birthDate 1407 ⓘ
birthName Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
birthPlace Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Papal States ⓘ
criticized Donation of Constantine ⓘ
scholastic theology ⓘ
deathDate 1457 ⓘ
deathPlace Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
educatedAt University of Rome (Studium Urbis) ⓘ
employer King Alfonso V of Aragon ⓘ
linked to: Alfonso V of Aragon

Pope Nicholas V ⓘ
Roman Curia ⓘ
University of Pavia ⓘ
era Italian Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
familyName Valla ⓘ
fieldOfWork philology ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
theology ⓘ
givenName Lorenzo ⓘ
influenced Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
biblical scholarship ⓘ
knownFor contributions to Latin stylistics ⓘ
critique of scholasticism ⓘ
demonstrating the Donation of Constantine is a forgery ⓘ
pioneering philological methods ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Renaissance humanism ⓘ
notableWork Annotationes in Novum Testamentum ⓘ
De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio ⓘ
De libero arbitrio ⓘ
De voluptate ⓘ
Elegantiae linguae Latinae ⓘ
occupation humanist scholar ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
priest ⓘ
secretary ⓘ
translator ⓘ
positionHeld apostolic secretary ⓘ
professor of rhetoric at Pavia ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Renaissance Latin → usedBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Tudor chroniclers → notableMember → Polydore Vergil ⓘ
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Renaissance Platonism → promotedBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Gerrit Gerritszoon → influencedBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Valla → hasNotableBearer → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Elegantiae linguae Latinae → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Elegantiae linguae Latinae → author → Lorenzo Valla (Laurentius Valla) ⓘ
linked to: Lorenzo Valla
De voluptate → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
De vero bono → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
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Lorenzo → hasNotableBearer → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Angelo Poliziano → influencedBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Anglica Historia → author → Polydore Vergil ⓘ
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De libero arbitrio → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
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