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Portraying the Prince in the Renaissance

Author : Patrick Baker
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110473372
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Portraying the Prince in the Renaissance written by Patrick Baker and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The portrayal of princes plays a central role in the historical literature of the European Renaissance. The sixteen contributions collected in this volume examine such portrayals in a broad variety of historiographical, biographical, and poetic texts. It emerges clearly that historical portrayals were not essentially bound by generic constraints but instead took the form of res gestae or historiae, discrete or collective biographies, panegyric, mirrors for princes, epic poetry, orations, even commonplace books – whatever the occasion called for. Beyond questions of genre, the chapters focus on narrative strategies and the transformation of ancient, medieval, and contemporary authors, as well as on the influence of political, cultural, intellectual, and social contexts. Four broad thematic foci inform the structure of this book: the virtues ascribed to the prince, the cultural and political pretensions inscribed in literary portraits, the historical and literary models on which these portraits were based, and the method that underlay them. The volume is rounded out by a critical summary that considers the portrayal of princes in humanist historiogrpahy from the point of view of transformation theory.

Princes of the Renaissance

Author : Mary Hollingsworth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643135473
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Princes of the Renaissance written by Mary Hollingsworth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid history of the lives and times of the aristocratic elite whose patronage created the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was an era of dramatic political, religious, and cultural change in the Italian peninsula, witnessing major innovations in the visual arts, literature, music, and science. Princes of the Renaissance charts these developments in a sequence of eleven chapters, each of which is devoted to two or three princely characters with a cast of minor ones—from Federigo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence, and from Isabella d'Este of Mantua to Lucrezia Borgia. Many of these princes were related by blood or marriage, creating a web of alliances that held Renaissance society together—but whose tensions could spark feuds that threatened to tear it apart. A vivid depiction of the lives and times of the aristocratic elite whose patronage created the art and architecture of the Renaissance, Princes of the Renaissance is a narrative that is as rigorous and definitively researched as it is accessible and entertaining. Perhaps most importantly, Mary Hollingsworth sets the aesthetic achievements of these aristocratic patrons in the context of the volatile, ever-shifting politics of an age of change and innovation.

The Prince

Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1681959038
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book The Prince written by Niccolò Machiavelli and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince Machiavelli's The Prince was a battle for obtaining and maintaining power in 14th century Italy but it is surprisingly relevant to the understanding of business, politics and the nature of society.

The Art of War

Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher : E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
ISBN 13 : 6056849260
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book The Art of War written by Niccolò Machiavelli and published by E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of War (Dell'arte della guerra), is one of the lesser-read works of Florentine statesman and political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. The format of 'The Art of War' was in socratic dialogue. The purpose, declared by Fabrizio (Machiavelli's persona) at the outset, "To honor and reward virtù, not to have contempt for poverty, to esteem the modes and orders of military discipline, to constrain citizens to love one another, to live without factions, to esteem less the private than the public good." To these ends, Machiavelli notes in his preface, the military is like the roof of a palazzo protecting the contents. Written between 1519 and 1520 and published the following year, it was the only historical or political work printed during Machiavelli's lifetime, though he was appointed official historian of Florence in 1520 and entrusted with minor civil duties. Many, Lorenzo, have held and still hold the opinion, that there is nothing which has less in common with another, and that is so dissimilar, as civilian life is from the military. Whence it is often observed, if anyone designs to avail himself of an enlistment in the army, that he soon changes, not only his clothes, but also his customs, his habits, his voice, and in the presence of any civilian custom, he goes to pieces; for I do not believe that any man can dress in civilian clothes who wants to be quick and ready for any violence; nor can that man have civilian customs and habits, who judges those customs to be effeminate and those habits not conducive to his actions; nor does it seem right to him to maintain his ordinary appearance and voice who, with his beard and cursing, wants to make other men afraid: which makes such an opinion in these times to be very true. But if they should consider the ancient institutions, they would not find matter more united, more in conformity, and which, of necessity, should be like to each other as much as these (civilian and military); for in all the arts that are established in a society for the sake of the common good of men, all those institutions created to (make people) live in fear of the laws and of God would be in vain, if their defense had not been provided for and which, if well arranged, will maintain not only these, but also those that are not well established.

Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince

Author : Lisa Hilton
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 054457785X
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince written by Lisa Hilton and published by HMH. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This surprising portrait of the Tudor queen offers an “ambitious re-examination of the intersection of gender and monarchy” (The New York Times Book Review). Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her “‘weak and feeble’ woman’s body” to do so for political gain. But in Elizabeth, historian Lisa Hilton offers ample evidence why those famous words should not be taken at face value. With new research out of France, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, Hilton’s fresh interpretation is of a queen who saw herself primarily as a Renaissance prince—an expert in Machiavellian statecraft. Elizabeth depicts a sovereign less constrained by her femininity than most accounts claim, challenging readers to reassess Elizabeth’s reign and the colorful drama and intrigue to which it is always linked. It’s a fascinating journey that shows how a marginalized newly crowned monarch, whose European contemporaries considered her to be the illegitimate ruler of a pariah nation, ultimately adapted to become England’s first recognizably modern head of state.

Machiavelli

Author : Joseph Markulin
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616148063
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli written by Joseph Markulin and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This epic piece of storytelling brings the world of fifteenth-century Italy to life as it traces Machiavelli’s rise from young boy to controversial political thinker. The often-vilified Renaissance politico and author of The Prince comes to life as a diabolically clever, yet mild mannered and conscientious civil servant. Author Joseph Markulin presents Machiavelli’s life as a true adventure story, replete with violence, treachery, heroism, betrayal, sex, bad popes, noble outlaws, deformed kings, menacing Turks, even more menacing Lutherans, unscrupulous astrologers, untrustworthy dentists—and, of course, forbidden love. While sharing the stage with Florence’s Medici family, the nefarious and perhaps incestuous Borgias, the artists Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and the doomed prophet Savonarola, Machiavelli is imprisoned, tortured, and ultimately abandoned. Nevertheless, he remains the sworn enemy of tyranny and a tireless champion of freedom and the republican form of government. Out of the cesspool that was Florentine Renaissance politics, only one name is still uttered today—that of Niccolo Machiavelli. This mesmerizing, vividly told story will show you why his fame endures.

Prince of the Renaissance

Author : Desmond Seward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Prince of the Renaissance written by Desmond Seward and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Prince of the Renaissance

Author : Desmond Seward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Prince of the Renaissance written by Desmond Seward and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Giannozzo Manetti

Author : David Marsh
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674243943
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Giannozzo Manetti written by David Marsh and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giannozzo Manetti was one of the most remarkable figures of the Italian Renaissance, though today his works are unfamiliar in English. In this authoritative biography, the first ever in English, David Marsh guides readers through the vast range of Manetti’s writings, which epitomized the new humanist scholarship of the quattrocento.

Historical Truth in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Author : Giuliano Mori
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198885938
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Historical Truth in Fifteenth-Century Italy written by Giuliano Mori and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While humanists agreed on identifying the main requirement of the historical genre with truthfulness, they disagreed on their notions of historical truth. Some authors equated historical truth with verisimilitude, thus harmonizing the quest for truth with other ingredients of their histories, such as their political utility and rhetorical aptness. Others, instead, rejected the notion of verisimilitude, identifying historical truth with factuality. Accordingly, they sought to produce bare and exhaustive accounts of all the things that pertained to their historical explorations, often resorting to innovative disciplines, such as archeology, philology, and the history of institutions. The humanist historiographical debate is especially significant because the notion of verisimilitude encompassed crucial elements required for the development of methods of critical assessment. By perceiving verisimilitude and factuality as irreconcilable, Quattrocento humanists reached a critical impasseâ€"those who were interested in factual truth mostly lacked the means to ascertain it, while those that developed embryonic notions of historical criticism were not eminently concerned with the factual account of the past. This critical weakness exposed humanists to considerable risks, including that of accepting non-verisimilar historical forgeries passed off as factual. Such forgeries eventually served as a testing ground for sixteenth- and seventeenth-century scholars, who sought to restore factual truth by means of critical criteria grounded in verisimilitude, thus overcoming the humanist impasse. Historical Truth in Fifteenth-Century Italy addresses Renaissance history, philosophy, rhetoric, and jurisprudence to shed light on how humanists conceptualized truth and, more specifically, historical truth.

Universal Localities

Author : Galin Tihanov
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3662623323
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Universal Localities written by Galin Tihanov and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume features the work of leading scholars from the US, UK, Germany, China, Spain, and Russia and presents an important contribution to current debates on world literature. The contributions discuss various facets of the historically changing role and status of language in the construction of notions of universality and locality, of difference, foreignness, and openness; they explore the relationship between world literature and bilingualism, supranational languages, dialects, and linguistic inbetweenness. They also examine the larger social and political stakes behind both foundational and more recent attempts to articulate ideas of world literature. Mapping the space between philology, anthropology, and ecohumanities, the essays in this volume approach world literature with sophisticated methodological toolkits and open up new opportunities for engaging with this important discursive framework.

Biography, Historiography, and Modes of Philosophizing

Author : Patrick Baker
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004339752
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Biography, Historiography, and Modes of Philosophizing written by Patrick Baker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays and primary sources devoted to the tradition, methods, and functions of collective biography in early modern Europe.

Neo-Latin and the Vernaculars

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004386408
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Neo-Latin and the Vernaculars written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together case studies on key aspects of Neo-Latin and vernacular bilingualism in the early modern period, such as language choice, translations/rewritings, and the interferences between vernacular and Neo-Latin discourses.

Princes of the Renaissance

Author : Orville Prescott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780049450097
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Princes of the Renaissance written by Orville Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Francis I

Author : Jehanne D'Orliac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781494071202
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Francis I written by Jehanne D'Orliac and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.

Prince of the Renaissance

Author : Desmond Seward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prince of the Renaissance written by Desmond Seward and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the king of France remembered as a patron of the arts, who constructed some of the splendid chateaux of the Loire Valley.

The Day the Renaissance Was Saved

Author : Niccolo Capponi
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612194613
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Day the Renaissance Was Saved written by Niccolo Capponi and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a battle that change the course of history, and was immortalized in a massive painting by Leonardo da Vinci that was thought lost for centuries . . . until now. On a sweltering day in June 1440, near the Tuscan town of Anghiari, the simmering conflict among Italy’s principal powers exploded into a battle whereby Florence and the papal States joined with Venice to defeat the previously unstoppable army of Milan. The shocking denoument would open the way for the flowering of Florentine culture, and the birth of what we now know as the Renaissance. There was, perhaps, no stunning evidence of this than a massive painting by Leonardo da Vinci commemorating the Battle of Anghiari, a masterpiece that quickly became famous—but then was mysteriously lost. Until recently, that is, when researchers made a breathtaking discovery of the location where it has been hidden for more than four hundred years. In The Day the Renaissance Was Saved, Niccolò Capponi—a direct descendent of Niccolò Machiavelli, as well as of a Florentine general who was a key strategist of the campaign at Anghiari—weaves the story of da Vinci’s lost masterpiece through the narrative of the history-changing battle, and offers context on the development of humanist thought and the political intrigues of fifteenth-century Italy. Complete with maps and twenty-four color images, this is military history, political history, and art history all rolled into one, from a scholar whose ancestors were key players in the scheming, plotting, and fighting that led to this pivotal moment in Western history. From the Hardcover edition.