Lives of the Milanese Tyrants

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-674-98752-4
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 88, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 515 g

Reihe: The I Tatti Renaissance Library

Lives of the Milanese Tyrants brings together two biographies by the most important Milanese humanist of the early fifteenth century. Pier Candido Decembrio (1399–1477) served as secretary and envoy to the bizarre and powerful Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan. As a member of the duke’s inner circle, Decembrio was in a privileged position to write what historians agree is a unique masterpiece of Renaissance biography, based on his decades of direct experience. Also included in this volume is a work of homage to Visconti’s successor, Decembrio’s flattering account of the deeds of the most successful mercenary captain of the Renaissance, Francesco Sforza, who secured for himself and his heirs the disputed position of Duke of Milan through guile, force, and willpower. Both works are translated into English here for the first time from new Latin texts prepared specially for this edition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Decembrio, Pier Candido

Zaggia, Massimo

Weitere Mitwirkende

Ianziti, Gary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikerbiographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Über Autor(innen)

Zaggia, Massimo
Massimo Zaggia is Associate Professor at the University of Bergamo.

Ianziti, Gary
Gary Ianziti is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland, Australia.