THE EARTHLY REPUBLIC: ITALIAN HUMANISTS ON GOVERNMENT AND By Benjamin G. Kohl

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ISBN-10
081227752X
Book Title
The Earthly Republic: Italian Humanists on Government and Society
Genre
HISTORY
Item Weight
1.58 pounds
ISBN
9780812277524
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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
081227752X
ISBN-13
9780812277524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038713053

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
352 Pages
Publication Name
Earthly Republic : Italian Humanists on Government and Society
Language
English
Publication Year
1978
Subject
Europe / Italy, History & Theory, Europe / Renaissance, Movements / Humanism
Type
Textbook
Author
Ronald G. Witt
Subject Area
Political Science, Philosophy, History
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
78-053335
Reviews
"An enlightening and stimulating source book and as good an introduction to Renaissance humanism as one can find."-- Speculum, "The translations are fluent and accurate. The introductions to each of the authors, with bibliographies, effectively summarize contemporary American and continental scholarship."-- Church History
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
18
Dewey Decimal
945/.05/08
Table Of Content
Preface Abbreviations General Introduction --Benjamin G. Kohl and Ronald G. Witt Francesco Petrarca Introduction --Benjamin G. Kohl How a Ruler Ought to Govern His State --Translated by Benjamin G. Kohl Coluccio Salutati Introduction --Ronald G. Witt Letter to Peregrino Zambeccari --Translated by Ronald G. Witt Letter to Caterina di messer Vieri di Donatino d'Arezzo --Translated by Ronald G. Witt Leonardo Bruni Introduction --Ronald G. Witt Panegyric to the City of Florence --Translated by Benjamin G. Kohl
Synopsis
The gradual secularization of European society and culture is often said to characterize the development of the modern world, and the early Italian humanists played a pioneering role in this process. Here Benjamin G. Kohl and Ronald G. Witt, with Elizabeth B. Welles, have edited and translated seven primary texts that shed important light on the subject of civic humanism in the Renaissance. Included is a treatise of Francesco Petrarca on government, two representative letters from Coluccio Salutati, Leonardo Bruni's panegyric to Florence, Francesco Barbaro's letter on wifely duty, Poggio Bracciolini's dialogue on avarice, and Angelo Poliziano's vivid history of the Pazzi conspiracy. Each translation is prefaced by an essay on the author and a short bibliography. The substantial introductory essay offers a concise, balanced summary of the historiographcal issues connected with the period., The gradual secularization of European society and culture is often said to characterize the development of the modern world, and the early Italian humanists played a pioneering role in this process. Here Benjamin G. Kohl and Ronald G. Witt, with Elizabeth B. Welles, have edited and translated seven primary texts that shed important light on the subject of "civic humanism" in the Renaissance. Included is a treatise of Francesco Petrarca on government, two representative letters from Coluccio Salutati, Leonardo Bruni's panegyric to Florence, Francesco Barbaro's letter on "wifely" duty, Poggio Bracciolini's dialogue on avarice, and Angelo Poliziano's vivid history of the Pazzi conspiracy. Each translation is prefaced by an essay on the author and a short bibliography. The substantial introductory essay offers a concise, balanced summary of the historiographcal issues connected with the period.
LC Classification Number
DG532.E37

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