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Book Number
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000307552
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ISBN
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 9780812224320 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
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0812224329 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
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Title
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Florentine political writings from Petrarch to Machiavelli / edited by Mark Jurdjevic, Natasha Piano, and John P. McCormick.
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Imprint
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019].
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Descr.
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x, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
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Series
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( Haney Foundation Series)
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Language
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eng ita lat
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Bibliogr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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How a ruler ought to govern his state (1373) / Petrarch ; On the tyrant (1400) / Coluccio Salutati ; On tyranny (c. 1355) / Bartolus of Sassoferrato -- Panegyric to the City of Florence (c. 1402) ; Oration for the funeral of Nanni Strozzi (1428) ; On the Florentine Constitution (1439) / Leonardo Bruni ; In praise of the Venetian government (1459) / Poggio Bracciolini ; Liberty (1479) / Alamanno Rinuccini ; Treatise on the Constitution and government of the City of Florence (1498) / Girolamo Savonarola -- Memorandum to Cardinal de’ Medici about the affairs of Florence (1512) / Paolo Vettori ; Memorandum to the newly restored Medici (1512) ; Discursus on Florentine matters after the death of Lorenzo de’ Medici the Younger (1520-21) ; Minutes of a Provision for the Reform of the Florentine government (1522) ; Memorandum to Cardinal Giulio on the Reform of the State of Florence (1522) ; Summary of the affairs of the City of Lucca (1520) / Niccolò Machiavelli ; On the method of electing offices in the Great Council (1512) ; On the mode of reordering the popular government (1512) ; The government of Florence after the Medici Restoration (1513) ; On the mode of securing the State of the House of Medici (1516) / Francesco Guicciardini.
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Abstract
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Presenting nineteen primary source documents, including lesser known texts by Machiavelli and Guicciardini, several of which are translated here into English for the first time, this useful compendium shows how the Renaissance political imagination can be productively applied to pressing civic questions.
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Lang. Note
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Translated from the original Italian or Latin.
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Subject - Lib.Cong.
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Florence (Italy) -- History -- To 1421 -- Early works to 1800.
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Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- To 1421 -- Sources.
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Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737 -- Sources.
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Civic improvement -- Italy -- Florence.
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Add.Entry
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Jurdjevic, Mark, editor, writer of introduction.
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Piano, Natasha, editor.
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McCormick, John P., 1966- editor.
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Series AE-Uni.Title
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Haney Foundation series.
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Holdings
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All items
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holdings (2)
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Gennadius Library
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Holdings (5)
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Only filtered items
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