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245 00 a| On leaders and tyrants /c| Poggio Bracciolini, Guarino of Verona, Pietro del Monte ; edited and translated by Hester Schadee and Keith Sidwell, with David Rundle.;

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490 1 a| I Tatti Renaissance Library;v| 97;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

505 0 a| 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.;

600 00 a| Guarino,c| Veronese,d| 1374-1460v| Correspondence.=| ^A1472272;

520 a| "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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

546 a| Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.;

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On leaders and tyrants / Poggio Bracciolini, Guarino of Verona, Pietro del Monte ; edited and translated by Hester Schadee and Keith Sidwell, with David Rundle.

Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2024.
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	pages cm.
Subjects	Guarino, Veronese, 1374-1460--Correspondence. Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459. Correspondence. Del Monte, Pietro, -1457--Correspondence. Scipio, Africanus, approximately 236 B.C.-183 B.C. Caesar, Julius. Despotism--Early works to 1800. Despotisme--Ouvrages avant 1800.

Other author/creator	Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459 author.
Other author/creator	Guarino, Veronese, 1374-1460, author.
Other author/creator	Del Monte, Pietro, -1457 author.
Other author/creator	Schadee, Hester, 1979- editor, translator.
Other author/creator	Sidwell, Keith C. editor, translator.
Other author/creator	Rundle, David editor, translator.
Series	I Tatti Renaissance Library; 97 I Tatti Renaissance library ; 97. ^A481188
Contents	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.
Contents	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.
Abstract	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language	Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
LCCN	2023048541
ISBN	9780674297128 (cloth)
ISBN	0674297121

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