Writing history in Renaissance Italy : Leonardo Bruni and the uses of the past / Gary Ianziti.
| Author/creator |
Ianziti, Gary |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. |
| Description | xiii, 418 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history. ^A797722 |
| Contents | Bruni on writing history -- The Plutarchan option -- A new life of Cicero -- Between Livy and Polybius: Bruni on the first Punic War -- Genesis of the Florentine histories -- The Florentine histories: a sourcebook for statesmen -- Bruni and biography: a life of Aristotle -- Parallel lives: Dante and Petrarch -- Bruni, the Medici, and the Florentine histories -- The Florentine histories: from policy to propaganda -- A distant mirror: Athens, Sparta, and Thebes -- Memoirs of a humanist -- Writing from Procopius. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011017920 |
| ISBN | 9780674061521 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674061527 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780674063266 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0674063260 (ebook) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DG537.8.B8 I26 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |