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The Defeat of a Renaissance Intellectual Selected Writings of Francesco Guicciardini / ed. and transl. by Carlo Celli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guicciardini, Francesco., Author.
- Series:
- Early modern studies series.
- Early modern studies
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Medici, House of.
- Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540.
- Guicciardini, Francesco.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "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"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271084336
- 0271084332
- 9780271084312
- 0271084316
- OCLC:
- 1103917389
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