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The Earthly Republic: Italian Humanists on Government and Society Paperback – November 1, 1978

by Benjamin G. Kohl (Editor), Ronald G. Witt (Editor)
4.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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The gradual secularization of European society and culture is often said to characterize the development of the modern world, and the early Italian humanists played a pioneering role in this process. Here Benjamin G. Kohl and Ronald G. Witt, with Elizabeth B. Welles, have edited and translated seven primary texts that shed important light on the subject of "civic humanism" in the Renaissance.

Included is a treatise of Francesco Petrarca on government, two representative letters from Coluccio Salutati, Leonardo Bruni's panegyric to Florence, Francesco Barbaro's letter on "wifely" duty, Poggio Bracciolini's dialogue on avarice, and Angelo Poliziano's vivid history of the Pazzi conspiracy. Each translation is prefaced by an essay on the author and a short bibliography. The substantial introductory essay offers a concise, balanced summary of the historiographcal issues connected with the period.

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  1. Print length
    352 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Pennsylvania Press
  4. Publication date
    November 1, 1978
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0812210972
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0812210972
  8. Lexile measure
    1430L
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"An enlightening and stimulating source book and as good an introduction to Renaissance humanism as one can find." ― Speculum

"The translations are fluent and accurate. The introductions to each of the authors, with bibliographies, effectively summarize contemporary American and continental scholarship." ― Church History

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Benjamin G. Kohl (1938-2010) was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Vassar College. Ronald G. Witt (1932-2017) was Distinguished Professor of Medieval and Renaissance History at Duke University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Pennsylvania Press (November 1, 1978)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0812210972
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0812210972
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1430L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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  • Mark K. Rempel
    3.0 out of 5 stars Edifying but slow-reading primary texts on Humanist Renaissance Italy worth pursuing
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2015
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    It is hard to sum up this book other the obvious that it has six previously untranslated articles on humanism dating from the Italian Renaissance of the 14th and 15th centuries. It had been assigned to an undergraduate course on Renaissance Florence history at a state university. The introduction stresses the secular character of the essays and its focus on the civic humanism of the writers, dealing with scholarship of ancient Roman and Greek texts and combining the pagan ideas with a this-worldly Christian ethic. They are concerned with practical politics, how to govern a city, what are the duties of aristocratic wives, what are the ethics of acquiring money, and how it should (and should not) be used, and, on political conspiracies. The authors are all Christian, but they are critical of the Church and its organization. They are hostile to closed, doctrinal questions and questions, as used by the Medieval Scholastics. They are opposed to eternal answers. Thus they are considered modern in wanting to explore philosophical questions that the Church declared were final and infallible.
    Thus they can be thought of as precursors to the present-day battle between scientists and the Christian fundamentalists.
    The writers (Petrarca, Salutati, Bruni, Barbero, Bracciolini, and Poliziano) were not scientists. Most were philosophers, civil servants, and poets. Most were enthusiasts of ancient books and were book-hunters looking for new finds.
    It was very slow reading, but I enjoyed several of the essays, most particularly Bracciolini's On Avarice, which argued against greed, miserliness, and satirized the bourgeoisie use of money to uphold the State. I didn't really hate it, it was quite edifying, but it was slow reading.
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  • Liz
    4.0 out of 5 stars good book
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2014
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    I am half way through the book so far and can assure you I will finish it. It is an interesting read.
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