A Short History Of Florence And The Florentine Republic
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A Short History Of Florence And The Florentine Republic
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Author : Brian Jeffrey Maxson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-02-23
A Short History Of Florence And The Florentine Republic written by Brian Jeffrey Maxson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-23 with History categories.
The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soaring cathedral dome and its classically-inspired palaces and piazzas, it is perhaps the finest single expression of a society that is still at its heart an urban one. For, as Brian Jeffrey Maxson reveals, it is above all the city-state – the walled commune which became the chief driver of European commerce, culture, banking and art – that is medieval Italy's enduring legacy to the present. Charting the transition of Florence from an obscure Guelph republic to a regional superpower in which the glittering court of Lorenzo the Magnificent became the pride and envy of the continent, the author authoritatively discusses a city that looked to the past for ideas even as it articulated a novel creativity. Uncovering passionate dispute and intrigue, Maxson sheds fresh light too on seminal events like the fiery end of oratorical firebrand Savonarola and Giuliano de' Medici's brutal murder by the rival Pazzi family. This book shows why Florence, harbinger and heartland of the Renaissance, is and has always been unique.
A History Of The Florentine Republic
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Author : Lorenzo L. Da Ponte
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
A History Of The Florentine Republic written by Lorenzo L. Da Ponte and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with Florence (Italy) categories.
History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy
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Author : Niccolo Machiavelli
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2006-01-01
History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy written by Niccolo Machiavelli and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
Niccolo Machiavelli, the first great Italian historian, and one of the most eminent political writers of any age or country, was born at Florence, May 3, 1469. He was of an old though not wealthy Tuscan family, his father, who was a jurist, dying when Niccolo was sixteen years old. We know nothing of Machiavelli's youth and little about his studies. He does not seem to have received the usual humanistic education of his time, as he knew no Greek. The first notice of Machiavelli is in 1498 when we find him holding the office of Secretary in the second Chancery of the Signoria, which office he retained till the downfall of the Florentine Republic in 1512. His unusual ability was soon recognized, and in 1500 he was sent on a mission to Louis XII. of France, and afterward on an embassy to Cæsar Borgia, the lord of Romagna, at Urbino. Machiavelli's report and description of this and subsequent embassies to this prince, shows his undisguised admiration for the courage and cunning of Cæsar, who was a master in the application of the principles afterwards exposed in such a skillful and uncompromising manner by Machiavelli in his Prince. The limits of this introduction will not permit us to follow with any detail the many important duties with which he was charged by his native state, all of which he fulfilled with the utmost fidelity and with consummate skill. When, after the battle of Ravenna in 1512 the holy league determined upon the downfall of Pier Soderini, Gonfaloniere of the Florentine Republic, and the restoration of the Medici, the efforts of Machiavelli, who was an ardent republican, were in vain; the troops he had helped to organize fled before the Spaniards and the Medici were returned to power. Machiavelli attempted to conciliate his new masters, but he was deprived of his office, and being accused in the following year of participation in the conspiracy of Boccoli and Capponi, he was imprisoned and tortured, though afterward set at liberty by Pope Leo X. He now retired to a small estate near San Casciano, seven miles from Florence. Here he devoted himself to political and historical studies, and though apparently retired from public life, his letters show the deep and passionate interest he took in the political vicissitudes through which Italy was then passing, and in all of which the singleness of purpose with which he continued to advance his native Florence, is clearly manifested. It was during his retirement upon his little estate at San Casciano that Machiavelli wrote The Prince, the most famous of all his writings, and here also he had begun a much more extensive work, his Discourses on the Decades of Livy, which continued to occupy him for several years. These Discourses, which do not form a continuous commentary on Livy, give Machiavelli an opportunity to express his own views on the government of the state, a task for which his long and varied political experience, and an assiduous study of the ancients rendered him eminently qualified. The Discourses and The Prince, written at the same time, supplement each other and are really one work. Indeed, the treatise, The Art of War, though not written till 1520 should be mentioned here because of its intimate connection with these two treatises, it being, in fact, a further development of some of the thoughts expressed in the Discorsi. The Prince, a short work, divided into twenty-six books, is the best known of all Machiavelli's writings. Herein he expresses in his own masterly way his views on the founding of a new state, taking for his type and model Cæsar Borgia, although the latter had failed in his schemes for the consolidation of his power in the Romagna. The principles here laid down were the natural outgrowth of the confused political conditions of his time.
A History Of The Florentine Republic And Of The Age And Rule Of The Medici
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Author : Lorenzo L ..... da Ponte
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
A History Of The Florentine Republic And Of The Age And Rule Of The Medici written by Lorenzo L ..... da Ponte and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with categories.
Florence In The Age Of The Medici And Savonarola 1464 1498
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Author : Kenneth Bartlett
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2018-03-01
Florence In The Age Of The Medici And Savonarola 1464 1498 written by Kenneth Bartlett and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-01 with History categories.
Set within the context of the struggles in the Florentine Republic over the distribution of political power and the search for stability, Florence in the Age of the Medici and Savonarola, 1464–1498: A Short History with Documents illuminates a key moment of fifteenth-century Florentine history with a focus on the monumental personalities and actions of Lorenzo de’Medici and Fra Girolamo Savonarola.
A History Of The Florentine Republic
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Author : Lorenzo L. Da Ponte
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2013-10
A History Of The Florentine Republic written by Lorenzo L. Da Ponte and has been published by Nabu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ A History Of The Florentine Republic: And Of The Age And Rule Of The Medici, Volume 1; Issues 1-2 Of American Library Of History; A History Of The Florentine Republic: And Of The Age And Rule Of The Medici; Lorenzo L. Da Ponte Lorenzo L. Da Ponte Collins and Hannay, 1833 Florence (Italy)
A Short History Of The Renaissance In Italy
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Author : John Addington Symonds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
A Short History Of The Renaissance In Italy written by John Addington Symonds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Italy categories.
History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy
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Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-11-20
History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy written by Niccolò Machiavelli and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-20 with History categories.
History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy contains the history of the Italian city from its establishment to the time of Lorenzo the Magnificent's death in the late 1400s. Florence is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area. Florence was a center of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic, and financial center. Excerpt: "Niccolo Machiavelli, the first great Italian historian, and one of the most eminent political writers of any age or country, was born in Florence on May 3, 1469. He was of an old though not wealthy Tuscan family, his father, who was a jurist, dying when Niccolo was sixteen years old. We know nothing of Machiavelli's youth and little about his studies. He does not seem to have received the usual humanistic education of his time, as he knew no Greek.[*] The first notice of Machiavelli is in 1498 when we find him holding the office of Secretary in the second Chancery of the Signoria, which office he retained till the downfall of the Florentine Republic in 1512."
The History Of Florence
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Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
The History Of Florence written by Niccolò Machiavelli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Florence (History) categories.
The Two First Centuries Of Florentine History
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Author : Pasquale Villari
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
The Two First Centuries Of Florentine History written by Pasquale Villari and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Florence (Italy) categories.