Download or read book Pico Della Mirandola on Trial written by Brian Copenhaver and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pico della Mirandola On Trial uses Pico's Apology, his self-defence against heresy charges, to show that his work was in no way progressive - or 'humanist' - and that his main authorities were medieval clerics and theologians, not secular Renaissance intellectuals.