I TATTI STUDIES IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE HISTORY
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The Return of Lucretius to Renaissance Florence

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Publication Date: 05/05/2010

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I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History

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  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. The Epicurean Revival in Florence and Italy
  • 2. Medicean Florence: Marsilio Ficino and Bartolomeo Scala
  • 3. Republican Florence: The University Lectures of Marcello Adriani
  • 4. Machiavelli and the Influence of Lucretius
  • 5. Lucretian Networks in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries
  • Appendix: Notes on Machiavelli’s Transcription of MS Vat. Rossi 884
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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