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The Letters of Poggius Bracciolini to Nicolaus de Niccolis ; Translated from the Latin and Annotated

By: Poggio Bracciolini,Niccolò Niccoli,Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordan

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The Letters of Poggius Bracciolini to Nicolaus de Niccolis ; Translated from the Latin and Annotated

By: Poggio Bracciolini,Niccolò Niccoli,Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordan

A reissue of the 1974 Columbia U. Press edition of the letters of Florentine humanist Poggius (1380-1459) to his friend de Niccolis regarding the rediscovery of lost classical texts. Translated (from the Latin) with notes by Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla

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023109633X

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9780231096331

Revival: The Facetiae of Poggio and Other Medieval Story-tellers (1928)

By: Poggio Bracciolini,

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Revival: The Facetiae of Poggio and Other Medieval Story-tellers (1928)

By: Poggio Bracciolini,

The facetie, as a literary form, has an ancient lineage, while, if we regard it merely as a humorous tale or jocular anecdote, its history must be almost as old as the first laughs and smiles of prehistoric man. To go back no further, we may trace it in a direct line through Latin literature, to the Greek apopthegm. Facetiae, in the literary sense, are also to be found in Oriental literature, espeically the Persian and the Arabian. The Greek apopthegm and its Roman successor had a different character from the Florentine facetia, but the difference is one rather of matter than form. The ribald, licentious note is not so common in the classic facetaie, and the historical anecdotes treating of kings, princes, and persons of high estate were mostly reverent and often adulatory. Satire and disrespect appeared in the humorous tales of Poggio and his peers. The apopthegm was, as a rule, a brief narrative, as often as not enclosing a moral lesson in an historical anecdote. Or else it was the saying of some wise or great man.

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206

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Routledge

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1351339788

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9781351339780

Eulogies

Six Laments for Dead Friends

By: Poggio Bracciolini

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Eulogies

Six Laments for Dead Friends

By: Poggio Bracciolini

Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459) was a pioneer of Quattrocento humanism. He rediscovered many manuscripts of lost Latin classics in libraries north of the Alps, yet spent most of his career as apostolic secretary at the Curia, before returning to Florence as chancellor. His numerous writings document the growth and concerns of the humanist movement and provide an extremely valuable insider perspective on the political and ecclesiastical affairs of his day. Poggio was present at the Church Council of Constance, where in 1417 he delivered a funeral oration for Cardinal Francesco Zabarella. Later in his life, Poggio revisited the genre to write fictitious orations eulogising five of his close friends. The numerous extant manuscripts of these texts demonstrate the enduring appeal of Poggio’s obituary rhetoric, which contributed much to the codification of the genre. The eulogies set forth the characters and careers of six luminaries of the early Quattrocento. Three are intimately connected with the humanist movement in Florence: the scholar and chancellor Leonardo Bruni, the reclusive intellectual arbiter Niccolò Niccoli, and Lorenzo de’ Medici the Elder, the right hand of his brother Cosimo, who established the Medici hegemony. The other two lamented friends, Cardinals Niccolò Albergati and Giuliano Cesarini, represent, just like Zabarella, Poggio’s ideals for Church leadership.

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LYSA Publishers

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9464753102

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9789464753103

Praise for the Republic of Venice

By: Poggio Bracciolini,D.P. Curtin

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Praise for the Republic of Venice

By: Poggio Bracciolini,D.P. Curtin

This short work by the Italian humanist Poggio Bracciolini deals with the triumph of the Republic of Venice, then its its economic and political zenith. He extols the republic for its industry and for clearing the seas of pirates. He noted of the rights bestowed on average citizens and the antiquity of the state, which by then spanned back until the early Carolingian era. His praises have clear political overtones for the age he lived in, as republican fervor was gripping many Italian city-states, who sought to create greater distance between themselves and the Imperial administration in Germany.

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Dalcassian Press

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9798869241436

Two Renaissance Book Hunters

The Letters of Poggius Bracciolini to Nicolaus de Niccolis ; Translated from the Latin and Annotated

By: Poggio Bracciolini,Niccolò Niccoli,Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordan

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The Letters of Poggius Bracciolini to Nicolaus de Niccolis ; Translated from the Latin and Annotated

By: Poggio Bracciolini,Niccolò Niccoli,Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordan

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Eulogies

Six Laments for Dead Friends

By: Poggio Bracciolini

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Six Laments for Dead Friends

By: Poggio Bracciolini

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The Hermaphrodite

By: Antonio Beccadelli

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The Hermaphrodite

By: Antonio Beccadelli

The Hermaphrodite's open celebration of vice, particularly sodomy, earned it public burnings, threats of excommunication, banishment to the closed sections of libraries, and a devoted following. Beccadelli combined the comic realism of Italian popular verse with the language of Martial to explore the underside of the early Renaissance.

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Harvard University Press

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0674047575

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9780674047570

India in the Fifteenth Century

By: John Winter Jones,Poggio Bracciolini,Richard Henry

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India in the Fifteenth Century

By: John Winter Jones,Poggio Bracciolini,Richard Henry

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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0530917645

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9780530917641

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