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The History of Italy / Francesco Guicciardini; ed. by Sidney Alexander.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©1984Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691213910
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 945/.06 22
LOC classification:
  • DG539 .G813 1984eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- The History of Italy -- BOOK 1 -- BOOK 2 -- BOOK 3 -- BOOK 4 -- BOOK 5 -- BOOK 6 -- BOOK 7 -- BOOK 8 -- BOOK 9 -- BOOK 10 -- BOOK 11 -- BOOK 12 -- BOOK 13 -- BOOK 14 -- BOOK 15 -- BOOK 16 -- BOOK 17 -- BOOK 18 -- BOOK 19 -- BOOK 20 -- INDEX
Summary: In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non grata with the ruling Medici after the siege of Florence--retired to his villa to write a history of his times. His Storia d'Italia became the classic history of Italy--both a brilliant portrayal of the Renaissance and a penetrating vision into the tragedy and comedy of human history in general. Sidney Alexander's readable translation and abridgment of Guicciardini's four-volume work earned the prestigious 1970 P.E.N. Club translation award. His perceptive introduction and notes add much to the understanding of Guicciardini's masterpiece.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780691213910

Frontmatter -- Contents -- NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- The History of Italy -- BOOK 1 -- BOOK 2 -- BOOK 3 -- BOOK 4 -- BOOK 5 -- BOOK 6 -- BOOK 7 -- BOOK 8 -- BOOK 9 -- BOOK 10 -- BOOK 11 -- BOOK 12 -- BOOK 13 -- BOOK 14 -- BOOK 15 -- BOOK 16 -- BOOK 17 -- BOOK 18 -- BOOK 19 -- BOOK 20 -- INDEX

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In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non grata with the ruling Medici after the siege of Florence--retired to his villa to write a history of his times. His Storia d'Italia became the classic history of Italy--both a brilliant portrayal of the Renaissance and a penetrating vision into the tragedy and comedy of human history in general. Sidney Alexander's readable translation and abridgment of Guicciardini's four-volume work earned the prestigious 1970 P.E.N. Club translation award. His perceptive introduction and notes add much to the understanding of Guicciardini's masterpiece.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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