The Defeat of a Renaissance Intellectual Selected Writings of Francesco Guicciardini |
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| Author:
| Guicciardini, Francesco |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Celli, Carlo |
| Series title: | Early Modern Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-271-08348-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2019 |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $106.95 |
Book Description:
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A papal advisor and sixteenth-century power broker, Francesco Guicciardini wrote voluminously throughout his time in service to the Medici. The texts in this volume chart his career chronologically, revealing how an intellectual whose philosophy of self-interest failed not only to perceive the interests of others but ultimately to serve his ......
A papal advisor and sixteenth-century power broker, Francesco Guicciardini wrote voluminously throughout his time in service to the Medici. The texts in this volume chart his career chronologically, revealing how an intellectual whose philosophy of self-interest failed not only to perceive the interests of others but ultimately to serve his ......