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Review Of Niccolò Machiavelli: An Intellectual Biography, Brian Maxson
Review Of Niccolò Machiavelli: An Intellectual Biography, Brian Maxson
Brian J. Maxson
The author offers a comprehensive analysis of the thought of Machiavelli situated against the backdrop of political and biographical developments in the early 16th century.
Review Of A History Of Renaissance Rhetoric 1380-1620, Brian Maxson
Review Of A History Of Renaissance Rhetoric 1380-1620, Brian Maxson
Brian J. Maxson
Mack provides a comprehensive examination of the content and circulation of rhetorical manuals published during the European Renaissance.
Review Of Angelo Poliziano’S Lamia: Text, Translation, And Introductory Studies, Brian Maxson
Review Of Angelo Poliziano’S Lamia: Text, Translation, And Introductory Studies, Brian Maxson
Brian J. Maxson
This book reviewed discusses the life of Angelo Poliziano who was a leading humanist in Lorenzo de' Medici's Flroence. Poliziano was brought into the household of Lorenzo as a secretary and tutor for the Medici children in the early 1470's.
“This Sort Of Men”: The Vernacular And The Humanist Movement In Fifteenth-Century Florence, Brian Jeffrey Maxson
“This Sort Of Men”: The Vernacular And The Humanist Movement In Fifteenth-Century Florence, Brian Jeffrey Maxson
Brian J. Maxson
This article focuses on a sliver of the individuals we now know as the Neo-Latinists, who viewed the vernacular as a vehicle for expression throughout the quattrocento.