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Renaissance Politics and Culture
Essays in Honour of Robert Black
Series: - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 331
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.
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.
Jonathan Davies, Ph.D. (1993, University of Liverpool) is Associate Professor in Italian Renaissance History at the University of Warwick. His publications include Florence and its University during the Early Renaissance (Brill, 1993) and Culture and Power: Tuscany and its Universities 1537â1609 (Brill, 2009)
John Monfasani is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He served as the Executive Director of the Renaissance Society of America, 1995â2010.
John Monfasani is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He served as the Executive Director of the Renaissance Society of America, 1995â2010.
Preface
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Publications of Robert D. Black, 1973â2020
1 Robert Black: A Life of Scholarship
âJonathan Davies
2 The Problem of Succession for the Visconti and the Sforza
âJane Black
3 The Impuissant and Immoral City: George of Trebizondâs Critique of Platoâs Laws
âJohn Monfasani
4 The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena
âJames Hankins
5 Cleomenes Redivivus: Machiavelli from The Prince to the Discourses
âJérémie Barthas
6 Machiavelli and Arezzo
âJohn M. Najemy
7 Leon Battista Alberti as a Student of the Florentine University and the Priory of San Martino a Gangalandi (1429â1430)
âLorenz Böninger
8 The Gherardi Family of Borgo San Sepolcro and Piero della Francescaâs Williamstown Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels
âJames R. Banker
9 Pier Vettori (1499â1585): Philologist and Professor
âDavide Baldi Bellini
10 Print and Trust in Renaissance Italy
âBrian Richardson
Index
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Publications of Robert D. Black, 1973â2020
1 Robert Black: A Life of Scholarship
âJonathan Davies
Part 1: Politics
2 The Problem of Succession for the Visconti and the Sforza
âJane Black
3 The Impuissant and Immoral City: George of Trebizondâs Critique of Platoâs Laws
âJohn Monfasani
4 The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena
âJames Hankins
5 Cleomenes Redivivus: Machiavelli from The Prince to the Discourses
âJérémie Barthas
6 Machiavelli and Arezzo
âJohn M. Najemy
Part 2: Culture
7 Leon Battista Alberti as a Student of the Florentine University and the Priory of San Martino a Gangalandi (1429â1430)
âLorenz Böninger
8 The Gherardi Family of Borgo San Sepolcro and Piero della Francescaâs Williamstown Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels
âJames R. Banker
9 Pier Vettori (1499â1585): Philologist and Professor
âDavide Baldi Bellini
10 Print and Trust in Renaissance Italy
âBrian Richardson
Index
All interested in the politics and culture of Renaissance Italy. Keywords: history, art history, history of education, history of political thought, printing, Machiavelli, Platonism, Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Milan.