Vittorino da Feltre
1378 – 1446 Italian humanist, teacher
Renaissance humanist who ran an influential school blending classical study, character, and physical training.
- Religion
- Roman Catholic.
- Affiliations
- Founded the school La Giocosa at Mantua.
Vittorino da Feltre founded a school at Mantua known as La Giocosa, or the House of Joy, under the patronage of the Gonzaga family. He taught a humanist curriculum of Latin, Greek, mathematics, and physical exercise, and admitted poor students alongside the children of nobility. His methods, which favored encouragement over harsh discipline, became a model of Renaissance education.
In the timeline
- 1423 Vittorino da Feltre opens a humanist school central figure