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History of the Florentine People
Leonardo Bruni
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Description for History of the Florentine People
Hardcover. Bruni's "History of the Floretine people" in 12 books is generally considered the first modern work of history - it was officially published in 1444. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation. Editor(s): Hankins, James. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 35. Weight in Grams: 720.
Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.
Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
720g
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674010666
SKU
V9780674010666
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About Leonardo Bruni
James Hankins is Professor of History at Harvard University and founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library. He is the author of Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy, winner of the Marraro Prize and a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, and Plato in the Italian Renaissance; and editor of The Cambridge Companion to ... Read more
Reviews for History of the Florentine People
Bruni, in trying to demonstrate that Florence could trace its legitimate republican tradition back to deep antiquity, wrote a history of his city on the model of the ancient history of Rome by Livy. As he did so, he read Livy's eloquent, stagy book in a very imaginative, critical way. From the ancient historian's idealized account of virtuous Romans, Bruni ... Read more