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Platina

Platina

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An Italian Renaissance writer and scholar famous for books about the popes
  • proper noun
: Platina
  • During the 1460s, Platina (1421-1481) wrote that Matilda and her mother, Beatrice, "in enlarging churches and building monasteries, overcame the inconstancy of the female sex."

Examples

  • While the monks knew from documents that Tedaldo built the church, local historians such as Platina credited his granddaughter Matilda with its construction.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The writings of Platina provide valuable insights into the political dynamics of the Italian Renaissance.

  • While the monks knew from documents that Tedaldo built the church, local historians such as Platina credited his granddaughter Matilda with its construction.

  • During the 1460s, Platina (1421-1481) wrote that Matilda and her mother, Beatrice, "in enlarging churches and building monasteries, overcame the inconstancy of the female sex."

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Platina as the name of the Italian writer is a Latinized form of his hometown's name, a common choice for scholars in the Renaissance, so historians call Bartolomeo 'Platina' to show where he came from.