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Kuntz, Marion Lucile Leathers was born on September 6, 1924 in Atlanta. Daughter of Otto Asa and Lucile (Parks) Leathers.
(The concept of Venice as the 'most perfect republic' was ...)
The concept of Venice as the 'most perfect republic' was a major part of the myth of Venice which reached its full flowering in the 16th century. This myth in turn fed utopian visions of a unified world in which universal reformation and brotherhood would be the hallmark. The essays here examine the ideas and motivation of three Frenchmen of the 16th century, Jean Bodin, Guillaume Postel and Dionisio Gallo, who each made their own contribution to this conception of Venice and developed their own utopian ideals. Themes discussed are the foundations of Venetian toleration, the reasons for God's love of Venice above any other city, the relationship between charity and restitution, and the role of sexual dualism as a paradigm for the ideal state. Particular attention is given to the enigmatic figure of the 'Virgin of Venice'.
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( In 1566 a flamboyant Frenchman who called himself Dioni...)
In 1566 a flamboyant Frenchman who called himself Dionisio Gallo mesmerized crowds of onlookers as he preached in the courtyard of the ducal palace in Venice. Believing he had been anointed by the Virgin, he delivered a message of reform of church and society. Soon he was arrested, tried before the Inquisition, and banished. In The Anointment of Dionisio, Marion Leathers Kuntz tells the bizarre tale of this itinerant preacher, using his story to illuminate the checkered political and religious landscape of Counter-Reformation Europe. No ragged John the Baptist, Dionisio preached in an elegant Latin, demonstrated a command of the intellectual tradition of prophetic writings, dressed so splendidly that many thought him a great prelate, and attracted the devotion of the king of France and a cluster of reform-minded princes and Venetian senators. So powerful was his call for reform that ecclesiastical authorities hesitated to arrest him and seemed confounded when they attempted to interrogate him. Kuntz recounts Dionisio's career with considerable aplomb, making a man who still remains mysterious in many ways come to life. In the end Kuntz gives us a richly layered depiction of the relationship between politics and religious reform during the decade of the Council of Trent. We learn how much prophecy and eschatology, especially when delivered by someone as persuasive, literate, and commanding as Dionisio, could still attract the intelligentsia of France and Italy.
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Kuntz, Marion Lucile Leathers was born on September 6, 1924 in Atlanta. Daughter of Otto Asa and Lucile (Parks) Leathers.
Bachelor, Agnes Scott College, 1945; Master of Arts, Emory University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1969.
Lecturer Latin, Lovett School, Atlanta, 1963-1966; member of faculty, Georgia State University, since 1966; associate professor, Georgia State University, 1969-1973; professor Latin and Greek, Georgia State University, since 1973; Regents' Professor, Georgia State University, since 1975; department chairman foreign languages, Georgia State University, 1975-1984; research professor, Georgia State University, since 1984; Fuller E. Callaway distinguished professor, Georgia State University, since 1985; alumni distinguished professor, Georgia State University, 1994.
( In 1566 a flamboyant Frenchman who called himself Dioni...)
(The concept of Venice as the 'most perfect republic' was ...)
Vice president academy affairs American-Hellenic Foundation. Patron Atlanta Opera. Master: Society Values in Higher Education, Philosophy and Religion.
Member: The Renaissance Society of America (trustee since 2003), Société des Hautes Etudes de la renaissance, American Catholic History Association, Classical Association Midwest and South (Semple award 1965), American Philological Association, Archaeol. Institute American, Society di Philosophique Medievale, Society Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (executive board 1988-1990), Medieval Academy Society de Culture Europèenne, Society des Seizièmistes, Society Christian Philosophers since 1987, International Society Neo-Latin Studies, International Society Neo-Platonic Studies, American History Association, American Society Church History, American Catholic Philosophical Association, American Society Aesthetics, Renaissance Society of America (council 1994-1997, trustee since 2003), The Abbeville Institute Southern Culture, American Academy Rome (secretary-treasurer 1970-1974), The Atlanta Opera, Michael C. Carlos Museum (patron), The Atlanta Symphony, Friends of the Warburg Institute, Atlanta History Society, Italia Nostra, Fondazione Ambiente Italiana, American Friends Vatican Library. Patron Arts in Vatican Museum, Council Amici di Biblioteca Nazionale di San Marco, Italian Cultural Society, National Trust History Preservation, High Museum of Art, World Monuments Fund, Druid Hills Civitan Club, The Commerce Club, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Paul G. Kuntz, November 26, 1970. Children by previous marriage: Charles, Otto Alan (Daniels).