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Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Prince
Peter Stacey
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hardcover. In this text Stacey traces the formative impact of Seneca's political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government. Series Editor(s): Skinner, Quentin; Daston, Lorraine; Ross, Dorothy; Tully, James. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 714. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Beginning with a sustained analysis of Seneca's theory of monarchy in the treatise De clementia, in this text Peter Stacey traces the formative impact of ancient Roman political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government on the Italian peninsula from the time of Frederick II to the early modern period. Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Prince offers a systematic reconstruction of the pre-humanist and humanist history of the genre of political reflection known as the mirror-for-princes tradition - a tradition which, as Stacey shows, is indebted to Seneca's speculum above all other classical accounts of the virtuous prince ... Read more
Beginning with a sustained analysis of Seneca's theory of monarchy in the treatise De clementia, in this text Peter Stacey traces the formative impact of ancient Roman political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government on the Italian peninsula from the time of Frederick II to the early modern period. Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Prince offers a systematic reconstruction of the pre-humanist and humanist history of the genre of political reflection known as the mirror-for-princes tradition - a tradition which, as Stacey shows, is indebted to Seneca's speculum above all other classical accounts of the virtuous prince ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Ideas in Context
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521869898
SKU
KSG0033933
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About Peter Stacey
Peter Stacey is Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College.
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