{"product_id":"the-earthly-republic-benjamin-g-kohl-9780812210972","title":"The Earthly Republic: Italian Humanists on Government and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin G. Kohl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812210972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812210972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Benjamin G. Kohl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947274305791,"sku":"9780812210972","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5fe7c33e-cfcf-4d13-8e56-e5da50001a67.jpg?v=1681517746","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-earthly-republic-benjamin-g-kohl-9780812210972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}