Virtue politics : soulcraft and statecraft in Renaissance Italy / by Hankins, James

Table of Contents: “…-- Francesco Filelfo and the Spartan Republic: Filelfo and the recovery of the Spartan tradition -- Filelfo and humanist adaptations of the myth of Sparta -- Greek constitutional theory in the quattrocento: the "second wave" of Greek constitutional theory -- legitimation and the republican regime -- Francesco Patrizi on republican constitutions -- delegitimation: Bruni and the chivalric ideal -- substitution: platonizing Venice's constitution -- Mario Salamonio compares Florence to Athens -- Francesco Patrizi and humanist absolutism: the recovery of ancient Greek monarchical theory -- Patrizi and his project in the De regno -- virtuous royal legitimacy and humanist absolutism -- the argument for monarchy -- can monarchical power be virtuous? …”

Virtue politics soulcraft and statecraft in Renaissance Italy by Hankins, James, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…-- Francesco Filelfo and the Spartan Republic: Filelfo and the recovery of the Spartan tradition -- Filelfo and humanist adaptations of the myth of Sparta -- Greek constitutional theory in the quattrocento: the "second wave" of Greek constitutional theory -- legitimation and the republican regime -- Francesco Patrizi on republican constitutions -- delegitimation: Bruni and the chivalric ideal -- substitution: platonizing Venice's constitution -- Mario Salamonio compares Florence to Athens -- Francesco Patrizi and humanist absolutism: the recovery of ancient Greek monarchical theory -- Patrizi and his project in the De regno -- virtuous royal legitimacy and humanist absolutism -- the argument for monarchy -- can monarchical power be virtuous? …”
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