Venetian Humanism in an Age of Patrician Dominance
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (548 pages)
- Princeton Legacy Library .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Contents; Part 1.; Part 2.; 6. Excluded, Marginal, and Peripheral Figures; 8. Exclusion by the Criterion of Significance; 14. Conclusions; Profiles; Daniele Vitturi
In comprehensive detail Margaret King analyzes the activities of the patricians who were predominant in the ranks of the humanists and who made humanist thought a powerful tool in the service of their class and of the city itself. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback edition.