Writing History in Renaissance Italy: Leonardo Bruni and the Uses of the Past - Couverture rigide

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Ianziti, Gary

 
9780674061521: Writing History in Renaissance Italy: Leonardo Bruni and the Uses of the Past
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0674061527 ISBN 13 : 9780674061521
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444) is widely recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. But why this recognition came about - and what it has meant for the field of historiography - has long been a matter of confusion and controversy. "Writing History in Renaissance Italy" offers a fresh approach to the subject by undertaking a systematic, work-by-work investigation that encompasses for the first time the full range of Bruni's output in history and biography. The study is the first to assess in detail the impact of the classical Greek historians on the development of humanist methods of historical writing. It highlights in particular the importance of Thucydides and Polybius - authors Bruni was among the first in the West to read, and whose analytical approach to politics led him in new directions. Yet the revolution in history that unfolds across the four decades covered in this study is no mere revival of classical models: Ianziti constantly monitors Bruni's position within the shifting hierarchies of power in Florence, drawing connections between his various historical works and the political uses they were meant to serve. The result is a clearer picture of what Bruni hoped to achieve, and a more precise analysis of the dynamics driving his new approach to the past. Bruni himself emerges as a protagonist of the first order, a figure whose location at the center of power was a decisive factor shaping his innovations in historical writing.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gary Ianziti is Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland.

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Éditeur
Harvard University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0674061527
ISBN 13 
9780674061521
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
432
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