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PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

ISBN-10081227752X

ISBN-139780812277524

eBay Product ID (ePID)12038713053

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Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NameEarthly Republic : Italian Humanists on Government and Society

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1978

SubjectEurope / Italy, History & Theory, Europe / Renaissance, Movements / Humanism

TypeTextbook

AuthorRonald G. Witt

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Philosophy, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN78-053335

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

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition18

Dewey Decimal945/.05/08

Table Of ContentPreface 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

SynopsisThe 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 NumberDG532.E37