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1 A Civilization in Crisis
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James Hankins
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents VII
- Preface XI
- 1 A Civilization in Crisis 1
- 2 Virtue Politics 31
- 3 What Was a Republic in the Renaissance? 63
- 4 Taming the Tyrant 103
- 5 The Triumph of Virtue: Petrarch’s Political Thought 153
- 6 Should a Good Man Participate in a Corrupt Government? Petrarch on the Solitary Life 174
- 7 Boccaccio on the Perils of Wealth and Status 192
- 8 Leonardo Bruni and the Virtuous Hegemon 218
- 9 War and Military Service in the Virtuous Republic 238
- 10 A Mirror for Statesmen: Leonardo Bruni’s History of the Florentine People 271
- 11 Biondo Flavio: What Made the Romans Great 289
- 12 Cyriac of Ancona on Democracy and Empire 305
- 13 Leon Battista Alberti on Corrupt Princes and Virtuous Oligarchs 318
- 14 George of Trebizond on Cosmopolitanism and Liberty 335
- 15 Francesco Filelfo and the Spartan Republic 351
- 16 Greek Constitutional Theory in the Quattrocento 364
- 17 Francesco Patrizi and Humanist Absolutism 386
- 18 Machiavelli: Reviving the Military Republic 423
- 19 Machiavelli: From Virtue to Virtù 449
- 20 Two Cures for Hyperpartisanship: Bruni versus Machiavelli 476
- 21 Conclusion: Ex Oriente Lux 495
- Appendixes 515
- Notes 529
- Bibliography 651
- Acknowledgments 699
- Index of Manuscripts and Archival Documents 705
- General Index 707
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents VII
- Preface XI
- 1 A Civilization in Crisis 1
- 2 Virtue Politics 31
- 3 What Was a Republic in the Renaissance? 63
- 4 Taming the Tyrant 103
- 5 The Triumph of Virtue: Petrarch’s Political Thought 153
- 6 Should a Good Man Participate in a Corrupt Government? Petrarch on the Solitary Life 174
- 7 Boccaccio on the Perils of Wealth and Status 192
- 8 Leonardo Bruni and the Virtuous Hegemon 218
- 9 War and Military Service in the Virtuous Republic 238
- 10 A Mirror for Statesmen: Leonardo Bruni’s History of the Florentine People 271
- 11 Biondo Flavio: What Made the Romans Great 289
- 12 Cyriac of Ancona on Democracy and Empire 305
- 13 Leon Battista Alberti on Corrupt Princes and Virtuous Oligarchs 318
- 14 George of Trebizond on Cosmopolitanism and Liberty 335
- 15 Francesco Filelfo and the Spartan Republic 351
- 16 Greek Constitutional Theory in the Quattrocento 364
- 17 Francesco Patrizi and Humanist Absolutism 386
- 18 Machiavelli: Reviving the Military Republic 423
- 19 Machiavelli: From Virtue to Virtù 449
- 20 Two Cures for Hyperpartisanship: Bruni versus Machiavelli 476
- 21 Conclusion: Ex Oriente Lux 495
- Appendixes 515
- Notes 529
- Bibliography 651
- Acknowledgments 699
- Index of Manuscripts and Archival Documents 705
- General Index 707
