This volume is based on an international colloquium held at the Warburg Institute London on 212 June 2013 and entitled Philosophy and Knowledge in the Renaissance Interpreting Aristotle in the Vernacular. It situates and explores vernacular Aristotelianism in a broad chronological context with a geographical focus on Italy. The disciplines covered include political thought ethics poetics rhetoric logic natural philosophy cosmology meteorology and metaphysics and among the genres considered are translations popularizing commentaries dialogues and works targeted at women. The wideranging and rich material presented in the volume is intended to stimulate scholars to develop this promising area of research still further.Table of ContentsPreface pp. ixxIntroduction pp. 15 Luca Bianchi Simon Gilson and Jill KrayeGiles of Romes De regimine principum and the Vernacular Translations The Reception of the Aristotelian Tradition and the Problem of Courtesy pp. 729 Fiammetta PapiUses of Latin Sources in Renaissance Vernacularization of Aristotle The Case of Galeazzo Florimonte Francesco Venier and Francesco Pona pp. 3155 Luca BianchiAlessandro Piccolominis Mission Philosophy for Men and Women in their Mother Tongue pp. 5773 Letizia PanizzaFrancesco Robortello on Popularizing Knowledge 7592 Marco SgarbiAristotelian Commentaries and the Dialogue Form in Cinquecento Italy pp. 93107 Eugenio RefiniAristotles Politics in the Dialogi della morale filosofia of Antonio Brucioli pp. 109122 Grace AllenThe best works of Aristotle Antonio Brucioli as a Translator of Natural Philosophy pp. 123138 Eva Del SoldatoVernacular Meteorology and the Antiquity of the Earth in Medieval and Renaissance Italy pp. 139159 Ivano Dal PreteVernacularizing Meteorology Benedetto Varchis Comento sopra il primo libro delle Meteore dAristotile pp. 161181 Simon GilsonBartolomeo Beverini 16291686 e una versione inedita della Metafisica di Aristotele pp. 183208 Corinna OnelliIndex of Manuscripts and Incunables p. 209