History of the Florentine People - Books V-Viii

Informationen zum Autor 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 Renaissance Philosophy . Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on Renaissance philosophy and political thought, he is also a Corresponding Member of the British Academy. Klappentext 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 1444. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Leonardo Bruni, Bruni Leonardo
• Assisted by: James Hankins (Editor), James Hankins (Translation), Hankins James (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2004
• EAN: 9780674010666
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01066-6
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 32 mm
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP); Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval