Nicolae Virastau
Biographic Data
| ID | 2263449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicolae Virastau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicolae |
| FAMILY NAME | Virastau |
| SIGNATURE | VIRASTAU N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9381-2961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Humanist Dreams of Space Exploration
This essay examines the historical and philosophical significance of Renaissance literature on space travel, focusing on two works: Three Resolutions and Sentences by Jean Thenaud (ca. 1474–ca. 1542) and The Dream by Juan Maldonado (ca. 1485–1554). While most studies of space exploration begin with early modern authors associated with the New Astronomy, this paper argues that earlier humanist visions of space travel were conceived as responses to…
Henri de Mesmes (1532–1596) et ses ‘petits mémoires’
Grand protecteur des arts du XVIe siècle, conseiller d’Henri III et chancelier de son épouse, Henri de Mesmes est souvent cité pour ses liens supposés avec Michel de Montaigne et Étienne de la Boétie. C’est à son récit de soi que cette étude s’intéresse, selon une approche littéraire et sociocritique. Connu seulement par une édition fautive du XIXe siècle, cet écrit qui ne fut à l’origine qu’un brouillon, a été souvent qualifié de Mémoires. Plutô…
Philippe Hurault de Cheverny (1528-99) and the Making of Memoirs in Early Modern France
Memoirs occupy a privileged position in the history of French literature. Historians of French memoirs consider the Memoires d'Estat of Chancellor Philippe Hurault de Cheverny to be a stepping stone in the history of self-writing because they seem to mark a transition from self-narratives focusing on the author's public persona to a self-writing that emphasizes the author's private life, that is, to something more akin to modern autobiography. Un…
Calendar Reform and World Chronology: Pierre De Lille'sTria Calendaria Parva(1529)
This essay explores the astronomical works of Pierre de Lille, a little-known French participant in the debates on calendar reform during the Fifth Lateran Council (1512–1517). It argues that astrological ideas coupled with eschatological beliefs motivated his astronomical propositions to reform the Julian calendar. De Lille conceived the calendar solar year as a unit of a great cosmic year spanning 7,153 years, the duration that he assigned to t…
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Calendar Reform and World Chronology: Pierre De Lille'sTria Calendaria Parva(1529)
This essay explores the astronomical works of Pierre de Lille, a little-known French participant in the debates on calendar reform during the Fifth Lateran Council (1512–1517). It argues that astrological ideas coupled with eschatological beliefs motivated his astronomical propositions to reform the Julian calendar. De Lille conceived the calendar solar year as a unit of a great cosmic year spanning 7,153 years, the duration that he assigned to t…
Philippe Hurault de Cheverny (1528-99) and the Making of Memoirs in Early Modern France
Memoirs occupy a privileged position in the history of French literature. Historians of French memoirs consider the Memoires d'Estat of Chancellor Philippe Hurault de Cheverny to be a stepping stone in the history of self-writing because they seem to mark a transition from self-narratives focusing on the author's public persona to a self-writing that emphasizes the author's private life, that is, to something more akin to modern autobiography. Un…
Henri de Mesmes (1532–1596) et ses ‘petits mémoires’
Grand protecteur des arts du XVIe siècle, conseiller d’Henri III et chancelier de son épouse, Henri de Mesmes est souvent cité pour ses liens supposés avec Michel de Montaigne et Étienne de la Boétie. C’est à son récit de soi que cette étude s’intéresse, selon une approche littéraire et sociocritique. Connu seulement par une édition fautive du XIXe siècle, cet écrit qui ne fut à l’origine qu’un brouillon, a été souvent qualifié de Mémoires. Plutô…
Humanist Dreams of Space Exploration
This essay examines the historical and philosophical significance of Renaissance literature on space travel, focusing on two works: Three Resolutions and Sentences by Jean Thenaud (ca. 1474–ca. 1542) and The Dream by Juan Maldonado (ca. 1485–1554). While most studies of space exploration begin with early modern authors associated with the New Astronomy, this paper argues that earlier humanist visions of space travel were conceived as responses to…
Art (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Historical Art and Culture Studies (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Biography (1 works) · Chronology (1 works) · Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies (1 works)