Cicero in Basel : Locating Classical Reception in a Humanist City

Abstract

The contributions of this volume chart Cicero’s presence in the city of Basel – from the stories around the city’s foundation to humanist editions and commentaries and the politics of scholarship and education. They illuminate Cicero’s impact on the formation of ‘humanist Basel’ and its relation to wider intellectual currents in Europe in turn, they shed light on the ways in which Basel contributed to Cicero’s rich but contested legacy.