'Renaissance Politics and Culture' collects ten essays by eminent scholars in Renaissance studies to celebrate the life and work of Robert Black, who has made some of the most original and significant contributions to the history of the Renaissance. Reflecting his interdisciplinary interests and approaches, these essays analyze education, humanism, political thought, printing, and the visual arts during this key period in their development.
Author(s): Jonathan Davies, John Monfasani (eds.)
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 331
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 256
City: Leiden
Preface vii
List of Figures ix
Notes on Contributors x
Publications of Robert Black, 1973–2020 xii
1. Robert Black: A Life of Scholarship / Jonathan Davies 1
Part 1. Politics
2. The Problem of Succession for the Visconti and the Sforza / Jane Black 17
3. The Impuissant and Immoral City: George of Trebizond’s Critique of Plato’s 'Laws' / John Monfasani 39
4. The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena / James Hankins 59
5. Cleomenes Redivivus: Machiavelli from 'The Prince' to the 'Discourses' / Jérémie Barthas 83
6. Machiavelli and Arezzo / John M. Najemy 107
Part 2. Culture
7. Leon Battista Alberti as a Student of the Florentine University and the Priory of San Martino a Gangalandi (1429–1430) / Lorenz Böninger 141
8. The Gherardi Family of Borgo San Sepolcro and Piero della Francesca’s Williamstown 'Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels' / James R. Banker 155
9. Pier Vettori (1499–1585): Philologist and Professor / Davide Baldi Bellini 165
10. Print and Trust in Renaissance Italy / Brian Richardson 198
Index Nominum 219
