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Renaissance politics and culture : essays in honour of Robert Black / edited by Jonathan Davies and John Monfasani.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History ; 331.
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History ; 331
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renaissance--Italy.
- Renaissance.
- Humanism--Italy--History--To 1500.
- Humanism.
- Arts--Italy--History--To 1500.
- Arts.
- Italy--Civilization--1268-1559.
- Italy.
- Italy--Intellectual life--1268-1559.
- Italy--Politics and government--1268-1559.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
- Summary:
- Renaissance Politics and Culture collects ten essays by eminent scholars in Renaissance studies to celebrate the life and work of Robert Black, who has made some of the most original and significant contributions to the history of the Renaissance. Reflecting his interdisciplinary interests and approaches, these essays analyze education, humanism, political thought, printing, and the visual arts during this key period in their development. Contributors: James R. Banker, Jérémie Barthas, Davide Baldi Bellini, Jane Black, Lorenz Böninger, Jonathan Davies, James Hankins, John Monfasani, John M. Najemy, and Brian Richardson.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Copyright page
- Preface / Jonathan Davies and John Monfasani
- Frontispiece
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Publications of Robert Black, 1973-2020
- Chapter 1 Robert Black: A Life of Scholarship / Jonathan Davies
- Chapter 2 The Problem of Succession for the Visconti and the Sforza / Jane Black
- Chapter 3 The Impuissant and Immoral City: George of Trebizond's Critique of Plato's Laws / John Monfasani
- Chapter 4 The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena / James Hankins
- Chapter 5 Cleomenes Redivivus: Machiavelli from The Prince to the Discourses / Jérémie Barthas
- Chapter 6 Machiavelli and Arezzo / John M. Najemy
- Chapter 7 Leon Battista Alberti as a Student of the Florentine University and the Priory of San Martino a Gangalandi (1429-1430) / Lorenz Böninger
- Chapter 8 The Gherardi Family of Borgo San Sepolcro and Piero della Francesca's Williamstown Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels / James R. Banker
- Chapter 9 Pier Vettori (1499-1585): Philologist and Professor / Davide Baldi Bellini
- Chapter 10 Print and Trust in Renaissance Italy / Brian Richardson
- Index Nominum.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-46486-7
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004464865 DOI
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