Preface VII
Prolegomena X
List of Abbreviations XX
1
Cicero and Christian Latin Eloquence 1
Non Hominis Nomen Sed Eloquentiae 2
“Spoiling the Egyptians” 19
Renaissance Humanism 34
Reformation Latin 44
2
“The Real German Cicero” 55
“I Love Cicero” 56
Optimus Philosophus 80
Parrhesiastics 89
3
Cicero and Wittenberg Education 101
Humanist Education and Cicero 101
Luther’s Latin House of Learning 106
Praeceptor Germaniae 122
4
“Cicero Refused to Die” 145
Johann Sturm and the Ratio Studiorum 146
The Teacher of Modern Europe 156
Bach, the Latin Teacher 164
Cicero, Illinois 171
5
Lutheranism and Anti-Ciceronianism 187
The Vernacular Reformation 188
“One Word of Paul’s Likely Has Three Ciceronian Orations in It” 192
Cicero in Hell 221
Cicero Americanus and the American Adam 232
Epilogue 243
Works Cited 255
Index of Names 283