2. In the Theater of Lies: Curial Humanists on the Benefits and Evils of Courtly Life

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Introduction: Rome ca. 1420 1
5. 1. Rome’s Third Founder? Martin V, Niccolò Signorili, and Roman Revival, 1420–1431 20
6. 2. In the Theater of Lies: Curial Humanists on the Benefits and Evils of Courtly Life 45
7. 3. A Reign Subject to Fortune: Guides to Survival at the Court of Eugenius IV 71
8. 4. Curial Plans for the Reform of the Church 97
9. 5. Acting as the One True Pope: Eugenius IV and Papal Ceremonial 137
10. 6. Eugenius IV, Biondo Flavio, Filarete, and the Rebuilding of Rome 168
11. Abbreviations 199
12. Notes 201
13. Acknowledgments 277
14. Index 281