History of the Florentine People, Volume 2, Books V-VIII (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)

ISBN: 9780674010666

出版社: Harvard University Press

出版年: 2004-11-30

页数: 544

定价: USD 29.95

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1444. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.