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Valla (1407-1457) was the most important theorist of the humanist movement. His most famous work is the present volume, an oration in which Valla uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule.

On the Donation of Constantine

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 1 September 2008
      ISBN-13 9780674030893
      978-0674030893
      ISBN-10 0674030893
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      Book Synopsis
      Valla (1407-1457) was the most important theorist of the humanist movement. His most famous work is the present volume, an oration in which Valla uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule.

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