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  • The Life of Dante

    by Leonardo Bruni ...
    Leonardo Bruni, also known as Leonardo Aretino (1370-1444), was an Italian humanist, initiate, historian and statesman, often recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. He has been called the first modern historian and was the earliest person to write using the three-period view of history: Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Modern. The dates Bruni used to define the ... Read more

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  • The Earliest Lives of Dante

    Exploring Dante's Life Through Renaissance Perspectives and Literary Legacy

    by Giovanni Boccaccio, Leonardo Bruni, Filippo Villani ...
    Translated by James Robinson Smith ...
    The anthology "The Earliest Lives of Dante" offers a captivating exploration of Dante's legacy through the diverse literary lenses of Giovanni Boccaccio, Leonardo Bruni, and Filippo Villani. This collection encapsulates the evolution of biographical and literary interpretation, revealing the nuances and substantial contributions of Dante to both medieval and Renaissance humanism. With stylistic ... Read more

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    The Early Lives of Dante

    by Leonardo Bruni, Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Narrated by Aplicazona Estudios ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 44 min

    This book contains two early biographies of Dante, both written by notable Florentine literati. Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian poet, most famous for his monumental collection of tales, The Decameron. Like Dante, Boccacio was one of the first writers to use the Italian vernacular. Lionardo Bruni (Aretino) was an accredited historian and man of letters. His short biography was inspired by reading ... Read more

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  • The Life Of Castruccio Castracani Of Lucca (Mobi Classics)

    by Niccolo Machiavelli,W. K. Marriott (Translator) ...
    Complete interlinked edition complemented by author biography. Castruccio Castracani 1284-1328 "It appears, dearest Zanobi and Luigi, a wonderful thing to those who have considered the matter, that all men, or the larger number of them, who have performed great deeds in the world, and excelled all others in their day, have had their birth and beginning in baseness and obscurity; or have been ... Read more

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  • Life of Dante

    by Giovanni Boccaccio ...
    Translated by J.G. Nichols ...
    Life of Dante brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio together with the historical analysis of leading humanist Leonardo Bruni. Their writings, along with the other sources included in this volume, provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the ... Read more

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  • A Manual of Italian Literature

    by Francis Henry Cliffe ...
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  • Complete Works of Michelangelo (Delphi Classics)

    by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 10 - Delphi Masters of Art
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  • The Works Of Niccolò Machiavelli

    by Niccolò Machiavelli ...
    Machiavelli is considered to be one of the fathers of modern political science; collected here are his most cherished works in one collection with an active table of contents.Works include:The PrinceDiscourses on the First Decade of Titus LiviusThe Art of WarHistory of Florence and Italy ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Raphael (Delphi Classics)

    by Raphael Sanzio, Delphi Classics ...
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    Celebrated for his clarity of form, ease of composition and the sublime beauty of his ‘Madonnas’, Raphael is the epitome of the High Renaissance genius. In spite of his untimely death, he left behind a large body of work that would have a monumental influence on the course of art in the ensuing centuries. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing ... Read more

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  • The Portable Dante

    by Dante Alighieri, Mark Musa ...
    Translated by Mark Musa ...
    The famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s two masterworks—The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova—in one volumeA Penguin ClassicAs a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles. As a visionary, he dared draw maps of Hell, with Purgatory and Paradise, and populate all three realms ... Read more

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  • The Collected Works of Niccolò Machiavelli

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    by Niccolò Machiavelli ...
    This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Prince • Machiavelli • History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy • Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius ... Read more

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