Studies in Renaissance Humanism and Politics

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'As a whole this collection brings together numerous important contributions by one of the leading scholars of Tuscany, humanism, and Renaissance education over the last forty years... readers of this book will be rewarded with over a dozen articles of quality scholarship from a top historian who is at his best when showing the strong continuities between the politics and thought of medieval and Renaissance Italy.' Renaissance Quarterly 'Black's great contribution to the field of Italian intellectual and political history is unquestionable, and here he is concerned with the fundamental political ideas and skills that through the twentieth century structured the study of Italian humanism... There is no question that the work within these covers is worthy of publication...' Sixteenth Century Studies "(...) the essays collected in this volume show an impressive breadth of research on Quattrocento Tuscany; the essays also demonstrate an equally impressive range of methodological approaches. The former aspect of this volume will make it useful for students and scholars of the Italian Renaissance, particularly Florentine Humanism, while the latter aspect of the volume offers an excellent model of scholarly writing. The admirable variation on methodologies that Black employs throughout these articles should encourage students to develop a wide range of skills to hone their craft as historians." -- Jason Houston, University of Oklahoma, USA