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Book SynopsisLeonardo Bruni is widely recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. Gary Ianziti undertakes a systematic work-by-work investigation of the full range of Bruni’s output in history and biography, and assesses in detail the impact of the Greek historians on humanist methods of historical writing.
Trade ReviewThis book is a significant contribution to the history of Renaissance historiography. Bruni is recognized as the greatest historian of the early Renaissance, yet this is the first study in any language that surveys all of Leonardo Bruni's numerous historical and biographical writings in the context of the times and Bruni's own intellectual development. A major achievement. -- James Hankins, Harvard University
Ianziti's book is the first devoted to all of Leonardo Bruni's historical writings--not only the most celebrated
Florentine Histories, but ancient and modern biographies as well as essays on ancient history. The result is an admirable book in intellectual history that will be indispensable for Renaissance scholarship. -- Riccardo Fubini, University of Florence
Ianziti's outstanding study actually shows what Bruni was doing: text by text and period by period he demonstrates that Bruni took his historical period, analyzed things concretely, and then manipulated the evidence for political purposes, or to suit his personal goals. -- Arthur Field, Indiana University
Long in the making, this book will likely remain among the definitive studies of its protagonist and a must read for students of Renaissance intellectual history. -- A. Rabil, Jr. * Choice *
