Commentaries, Volume 2 Books III-IV |
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| Author:
| Pius II, Pius |
| Editor:
| Meserve, Margaret
Simonetta, Marcello |
| Series title: | The I Tatti Renaissance Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-02489-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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The Renaissance popes were among the most enlightened and generous patrons of arts and letters in the Europe of their day. Commentaries, the only autobiography ever written by a pope, was composed in elegant humanistic Latin modeled on Caesar and Cicero. This edition contains a fresh Latin text and an updated translation.
The Renaissance popes were among the most enlightened and generous patrons of arts and letters in the Europe of their day. Commentaries, the only autobiography ever written by a pope, was composed in elegant humanistic Latin modeled on Caesar and Cicero. This edition contains a fresh Latin text and an updated translation.