Coluccio salutati humanism

Coluccio Salutati was the leading humanist* of his generation. An official in the city of Florence for more than 30 years, he helped make the city the center of the humanist movement.

Salutati was born in Stignano, a small village under the control of Florence.

Coluccio salutati humanism

After receiving an education in Bologna, he held a series of positions in government—first in the region around Stignano and later in the cities of Rome and Lucca. In 1374 he became supervisor of election procedures in Florence, and a year later he assumed the post of chancellor, or head of state.

Around the same time Salutati took office, Florence went to war with the papacy*. The new chancellor gained fame throughout Europe with a series of brilliant missive, public letters written in defense of Florence's cause.

Salutati produced thousands of missive during his life, including some written just days before his death.

Salutati's fame as the author o