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A collection of writings by papal advisor and historian Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540), including letters, treatises, reports, and orations spanning his long career in service to the Medici.



Table of Contents

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Limits of Self-Interest

To Himself

Report on Spain

How to Ensure the State for the House of the Medici

On the Use of Force

On Suicide for Political Reasons

On Progressive Taxation: The Scaled Tenth

Report on the Defense of Parma

Letter to Francesco Maria della Rovere

Consolation

Accusation

Defense Against the Preceding

Savonarolian Excerpts (Selections)

Response on Behalf of the Duke to the Complaints of the Exiles

Index

The Defeat of a Renaissance Intellectual

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9780271083490, 978-0271083490
      ISBN10: 0271083492
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      European history: medieval period, middle ages

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A collection of writings by papal advisor and historian Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540), including letters, treatises, reports, and orations spanning his long career in service to the Medici.



      Table of Contents

      Contents

      List of Illustrations

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: The Limits of Self-Interest

      To Himself

      Report on Spain

      How to Ensure the State for the House of the Medici

      On the Use of Force

      On Suicide for Political Reasons

      On Progressive Taxation: The Scaled Tenth

      Report on the Defense of Parma

      Letter to Francesco Maria della Rovere

      Consolation

      Accusation

      Defense Against the Preceding

      Savonarolian Excerpts (Selections)

      Response on Behalf of the Duke to the Complaints of the Exiles

      Index

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