Writing history in Renaissance Italy Leonardo Bruni and the uses of the past / Gary Ianziti.
| Author/creator | Ianziti, Gary |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 418 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| 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 (p. [313]-408) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011017920 |
| ISBN | 9780674061521 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674061527 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780674063266 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0674063260 (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |