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Friendship, Love, and Trust in Renaissance Florence
Dale Kent
Hardcover January 2009
Commentaries on Plato, Volume 1, Phaedrus and Ion
Marsilio Ficino
Edited and translated by Michael J. B. Allen
Hardcover November 2008
History of Venice, Volume 3, Books IX-XII
Pietro Bembo
Edited and translated by Robert W. Ulery
Hardcover November 2008
Humanist Educational Treatises
Translated by Craig W. Kallendorf
Paperback September 2008
Invectives
Francesco Petrarca
Translated by David Marsh
Paperback September 2008
On the Donation of Constantine
Lorenzo Valla
Translated by G. W. Bowersock
Paperback September 2008
Writings on Church and Reform
Nicholas of Cusa
Translated by Thomas M. Izbicki
Nicholas of Cusa(1401–1464), a polymath who studied canon law and became a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was widely considered the most important original philosopher of the Renaissance. He wrote principally on speculative theology, philosophy, and church politics. This volume makes most of Nicholas’s other writings on Church and reform available in English for the first time.
Hardcover May 2008
Essays and Dialogues
Bartolomeo Scala
Translated by Renée Neu Watkins
Introduction by Alison Brown
From humble beginnings, Scala (1430–1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of Florence. This volume collects works from throughout his career that show his acquaintance with recently rediscovered ancient writers, and the influence of fellow humanists such as Marsilio Ficino, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.
Hardcover May 2008
History of Venice, Volume 2, Books V-VIII
Pietro Bembo
Edited and translated by Robert W. Ulery
Bembo (1470–1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. Named official historian of Venice in 1529, Bembo began to compose in Latin his continuation of the city’s history in twelve books, covering the years from 1487 to 1513. The History of Venice was published after Bembo’s death. This edition, in a projected three volumes, makes it available for the first time in English translation.
Hardcover May 2008
Lives of the Popes, Volume 1, Antiquity
Bartolomeo Platina
Edited and translated by Anthony F. D'Elia
Imprisoned for conspiring against Pope Paul II Platina (1421–1481) returned to favor under Pope Sixtus IV, and composed his most famous work, a biographical compendium of the Roman popes from St. Peter down to his own time. The work critically synthesized a wide range of sources and became the standard reference work on papal history for early modern Europe. This edition contains the first complete translation into English and an improved Latin text.
Hardcover May 2008
Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought
Margaret Meserve
Drawing on political oratory, diplomatic correspondence, crusade propaganda, and historical treatises, Meserve shows how research into the origins of Islamic empires sprang from--and contributed to--contemporary debates over the threat of Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean. This groundbreaking book offers new insights into Renaissance humanist scholarship and long-standing European debates over the relationship between Christianity and Islam.
Hardcover February 2008
History of Venice, Volume 1, Books I-IV
Pietro Bembo
Edited and translated by Robert W. Ulery
Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. The History of Venice was published after Bembo's death, in Latin and in his own Italian version. This edition, in a projected three volumes, makes it available for the first time in English translation.
Hardcover November 2007
History of the Florentine People, Volume 3, Books IX-XII. Memoirs
Leonardo Bruni
Edited and translated by James Hankins
Translated by D. J. W. Bradley
Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444) was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. His History of the Florentine People is generally considered the first modern work of history. This third volume concludes the edition, the first to make the work available in English translation. It includes Bruni's Memoirs, an autobiographical account of the events of his lifetime, and cumulative indexes to the complete work.
Hardcover November 2007
The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance
Edward Muir
In this book, Muir explores an era of cultural innovation that promoted free inquiry in the face of philosophical and theological orthodoxy, advocated libertine morals, critiqued the tyranny of aristocratic fathers over their daughters, and expanded the theatrical potential of grand opera. In so doing, he reveals the distinguished past of today's culture wars, including debates about the place of women in society, the clash between science and faith, and the power of the arts to stir emotions.
Hardcover May 2007