Description
Book SynopsisPresents seven edited and translated primary texts that shed light on the subject of civic humanism in the Renaissance. This work includes a treatise of Francesco Petrarca on government, two representative letters from Coluccio Salutati, Leonardo Bruni's panegyric to Florence and Francesco Barbaro's letter on wifely duty.
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"The translations are fluent and accurate. The introductions to each of the authors, with bibliographies, effectively summarize contemporary American and continental scholarship." *
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Table of ContentsPreface
Abbreviations
General Introduction
—Benjamin G. Kohl and Ronald G. Witt
Francesco Petrarca
Introduction
—Benjamin G. Kohl
How a Ruler Ought to Govern His State
—Translated by Benjamin G. Kohl
Coluccio Salutati
Introduction
—Ronald G. Witt
Letter to Peregrino Zambeccari
—Translated by Ronald G. Witt
Letter to Caterina di messer Vieri di Donatino d'Arezzo
—Translated by Ronald G. Witt
Leonardo Bruni
Introduction
—Ronald G. Witt
Panegyric to the City of Florence
—Translated by Benjamin G. Kohl
