1st Edition

Renaissance Lawgivers Savonarola, Machiavelli, Castiglione and Aretino

Edited By Ralph Roeder Copyright 2000
592 Pages
by Routledge

558 Pages
by Routledge

558 Pages
by Routledge

The Italian Renaissance culminated between the years 1494 and 1530. The figures examined in this classic volume illustrate four key figures representing the moral life of the period. The usual picture of that period is one of exuberant energy and positive achievement. Roeder reminds us that it was also one of moral travail and misery. Its triumphs are preserved in art, its reverses in its... Read more
One: Savonarola; Two: Machiavelli; Three: Machiavelli and Castiglione; Four: Castiglione; Five: Aretino

Biography

Ralph Roeder