Political Writings

by Coluccio Salutati

Coluccio Salutati (1332-1406) was chancellor of the Florentine Republic (1375-1406) and the leader of the humanist movement in Italy in the generation after Petrarch and Boccaccio. As such, he was among the first humanists to apply his Classical learning to political theory and his rhetorical skills to the defense of republican liberty. This volume contains a new English version of Salutati's important treatise On Tyranny , Antonio Loschi's Invective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067472867X
• ISBN13: 9780674728677
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"