History of the Florentine people

Author(s)

• Bruni, Leonardo
• Hankins, James
• Bradley, D. J. W.

Bibliographic Information

History of the Florentine people

Leonardo Bruni ; edited and translated by James Hankins

（The I Tatti Renaissance library, 3, 16, 27）

Harvard University Press, 2001-2007

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3

Other Title

Historiae Florentini populi

Note

Editor and translator of v. 3: James Hankins with D.J.W. Bradley

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Vol. 1. Books I-IV -- v. 2. Books V-VIII -- v. 3. Books IX-XII, Memoirs

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780674005068

Description

Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780674010666

Description

Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.

Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9780674016828

Description

Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414) and chancellor of Florence (1427-1444). He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This third volume concludes the edition, the first to make the work available in English translation. It includes Bruni's Memoirs, an autobiographical account of the events of his lifetime, and cumulative indexes to the complete History.

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Details

• NCID: BA52223690
• ISBN:
  • 9780674005068
  • 9780674010666
  • 9780674016828
• LCCN: 00053490
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: englat
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DG737.A2
  • DC21 : 945/.51
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Florence (Italy) -- History -- To 1421
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA52223668