The first comprehensive, synoptic study of humanistic ideas of Empire in the period c.1250-1402, Humanism and Empire offers a radical new interpretation of fourteenth-century political thought, and raises wide-ranging questions about the foundations of modern constitutional ideas and the origins of the concept of liberty.
The first comprehensive, synoptic study of humanistic ideas of Empire in the period c.1250-1402, Humanism and Empire offers a radical new interpretation of fourteenth-century political thought, and raises wide-ranging questions about the foundations of modern constitutional ideas and the origins of the concept of liberty.
Alexander Lee is a fellow in the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick. Educated at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh, he has previously held positions at the University of Oxford, the Université du Luxembourg, and the Università degli studi di Bergamo. His recent publications include Petrarch and St. Augustine: Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology, and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy (2012) and The Ugly Renaissance (2013). He is currently completing a biography of Niccolò Machiavelli.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Empire and Humanism Part I The Defence of Empire 1: Communes, Signori, and Empire (c.1260-c.1335) 2: Providence, History, and Empire (c.1290-c.1335) 3: Italy, Rome, and Empire (c.1335-1369) 4: The Twilight of Empire (1369-1402) Part II The Dynamics of Empire 5: The Bounds of Empire 6: Imperium and Sacerdotium 7: An Elective Empire Epilogue: Humanism and Empire Bibliography
Introduction: Empire and Humanism Part I The Defence of Empire 1: Communes, Signori, and Empire (c.1260-c.1335) 2: Providence, History, and Empire (c.1290-c.1335) 3: Italy, Rome, and Empire (c.1335-1369) 4: The Twilight of Empire (1369-1402) Part II The Dynamics of Empire 5: The Bounds of Empire 6: Imperium and Sacerdotium 7: An Elective Empire Epilogue: Humanism and Empire Bibliography
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