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Libro 23 di 82: Ideas in Context

Stacey, Peter

 
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In this text Stacey traces the formative impact of Seneca's political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government.

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Beginning with a sustained analysis of Seneca's theory of monarchy in the treatise De clementia, in this text Stacey traces the formative impact of ancient Roman political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government on the Italian peninsula from the time of Frederick II to the early modern period.

Contenuti

Introduction; Part I. The Roman princeps: 1. The Roman theory of monarchy; Part II. The Roman Theory and the Formation of the Renaissance princeps: 2. (a) The Roman theory and the rex in the Regnum Siciliae; (b) The Roman theory and the rise of the signori; Part III. The Humanist princeps in the Trecento: 3. Royal humanisim in the Regnum Siciliae; 4. Princely humanism in the Italian civitas; Part IV. The Humanist princeps from Quattrocento to High Renaissance: 5. (a) The Senecan princeps in Viscontean Milan; (b) The Senecan princeps in Aragonese Naples; (c) The Senecan princeps in Habsburg Europe; Part V. The Machiavellian Attack: 6. The strategy; 7. The battle; Conclusion; Bibliography.

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