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Political Writings
Coluccio Salutati
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Hardback. Coluccio Salutati was chancellor of the Florentine Republic and leader of the humanist movement in Italy in the generation after Petrarch and Boccaccio. He was among the first to apply his classical learning to political theory and his rhetorical skills to the defense of liberty. This volume contains a new English version of his political writings. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 648.
Coluccio Salutati (1332-1406) was chancellor of the Florentine Republic (1375-1406) and the leader of the humanist movement in Italy in the generation after Petrarch and Boccaccio. As such, he was among the first humanists to apply his Classical learning to political theory and his rhetorical skills to the defense of republican liberty. This volume contains a new English version of Salutati's important treatise On Tyranny, Antonio Loschi's Invective against the Florentines, which provoked Salutati's long Reply to a Slanderous Detractor, and a selection of Salutati's state letters written for the Florentine Republic. Most of the texts are here critically edited ... Read more
Coluccio Salutati (1332-1406) was chancellor of the Florentine Republic (1375-1406) and the leader of the humanist movement in Italy in the generation after Petrarch and Boccaccio. As such, he was among the first humanists to apply his Classical learning to political theory and his rhetorical skills to the defense of republican liberty. This volume contains a new English version of Salutati's important treatise On Tyranny, Antonio Loschi's Invective against the Florentines, which provoked Salutati's long Reply to a Slanderous Detractor, and a selection of Salutati's state letters written for the Florentine Republic. Most of the texts are here critically edited ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
Condition
New
Weight
648g
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674728677
SKU
V9780674728677
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About Coluccio Salutati
Stefano U. Baldassarri is Director at the International Studies Institute (Palazzo Rucellai), Florence. Rolf Bagemihl is is a member of the Academic Committee at the Lorenzo de' Medici Institute, Florence.
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