Republic of Venice - De Magistratibus Et Republica Venetorum

This book provides an alternative understanding to Machiavelli’s Renaissance Italy.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Gasparo Contarini and Enduring Institutions
Filippo Sabetti
Appendix A: The Myth and Anti-myth of Venice
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
Appendix C: Principal Events in Gasparo Contarini’s Life
Notes on the Translation: The Latin of De magistratibus et republica Venetorum
Giuseppe Pezzini
The Republic of Venice
Book I. The City and the Great Council
Book II. The Doge
Book III. The Senate, the Council of Ten, and the Courts
Book IV. Magistracies of the Republic
Book V. Magistracies beyond the City, the Army, and Civic Institutions
References
Index

About the author

By Gasparo Contarini
Edited by Filippo Sabetti
Translated by Giuseppe Pezzini and Amanda Murphy

Summary

This book provides an alternative understanding to Machiavelli’s Renaissance Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Gasparo Contarini, Gasparo/ Sabetti Contarini
• Assisted by: Filippo Sabetti (Editor), Amanda Murphy (Translation), Giuseppe Pezzini (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781487505844
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0584-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library; Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Libra
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education