Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance

In comprehensive detail Margaret King analyzes the activities of the patricians who were predominant in the ranks of the humanists and who made humanist thought a powerful tool in the service of their class and of the city itself.

Originally published in 1986.

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Margaret L. King

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In comprehensive detail Margaret King analyzes the activities of the patricians who were predominant in the ranks of the humanists and who made humanist thought a powerful tool in the service of their class and of the city itself. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make a

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• Autori: Margaret King, Margaret L King, Margaret L. King
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691611006
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61100-6
• Pagine: 548
• Serie: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy