ABSTRACT
This chapter categorises the virtues associated with early modern scholars, using digital textual analysis on biographical collections (vitae and elogia). It highlights key virtues such as innate brilliance (ingenium), learning (doctrina), and cardinal virtues like wisdom and justice, as well as Christian virtues like faith and piety. The chapter also discusses how female scholars were marginalised in these representations. By analysing this inventory of virtues, the chapter illustrates how scholarly values evolved and varied by region and period, contributing to a broader understanding of intellectual identity formation within the Republic of Letters.
