On leaders and tyrants
Proem to Francesco Barbaro / Poggio Bracciolini -- On the excellence of Scipio and Caesar / Poggio Bracciolini -- Letter to Leonello d'Este / Guarino of Verona -- On the excellence of Caesar and Scipio / Guarino of Verona -- Letter to Leonello d'Este / Poggio Bracciolini -- Defense of On t...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England
Harvard University Press
2024
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| Schriftenreihe: | The I Tatti Renaissance library
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Proem to Francesco Barbaro / Poggio Bracciolini -- On the excellence of Scipio and Caesar / Poggio Bracciolini -- Letter to Leonello d'Este / Guarino of Verona -- On the excellence of Caesar and Scipio / Guarino of Verona -- Letter to Leonello d'Este / Poggio Bracciolini -- Defense of On the excellence of Scipio and Caesar / Poggio Bracciolini -- Letter to Poggio Bracciolini / Pietro del Monte -- On the unhappiness of leaders / Poggio Bracciolini -- Note on the texts -- Notes to the texts -- Notes to the translations Poggii Florentini De praestantia Caesaris et Scipionis ad Fransciscum Barbarum virum clarissimum Proemium -- Poggii Florentini De praestantia Caesaris et Scipionis ad Fransciscum Barbarum libellus -- Guarini Veronensis Epistola ad Leonellum Estensem -- Guarini Veronensis De praestantia Caesaris et Scipionis ad Leonellum Estensem -- Poggii Florentini Epistola ad Leonellum Estensem -- Poggii Florentini De praestantia Caesaris et Scipionis ad Franciscum Barbarum defensio -- Petrus de Monte, apostolicae sedis protonotarius, saluten plurimam dicit Poggio secretario, viro claro -- Poggii Florentini De infelicitate principum "Poggio Bracciolini was a prominent scholar-official of the early Renaissance and a leading representative of Florentine humanism. He was employed as a secretary to seven popes and ended his career as Chancellor of the Republic of Florence. The present volume contains texts relating to a key controversy of the time on the relative merits of Scipio Africanus and Julius Caesar. Poggio's opponent in the controversy was the educator Guarino of Verona, a humanist in the service of the duke of Ferrara. The controversy addressed the nature of tyranny and military glory, and discussed the qualities necessary for republican leaders such as Stoic virtue, lawfulness, and good citizenship. The volume contains a fresh edition of the Latin texts and the first complete translation of the controversy into English"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 535-542 |
| Beschreibung: | xlvii, 566 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780674297128 978-0-674-29712-8 |