Humanism and Empire: The Imperial Ideal in Fourteenth-Century Italy
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For more than a century, scholars have believed that Italian humanism was predominantly civic in outlook. Often serving in communal government, fourteenth-century humanists like Albertino Mussato and Coluccio Saltuati are said to have derived from their reading of the Latin classics a rhetoric of republican liberty that was opposed to the "tyranny" of neighbouring signori and of the German emperors. In this ground-breaking study, Alexander...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199675155
ISBN13:9780199675159
Release Date:May 2018
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:462 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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