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Filelfo in Milan: Writings 1451-1477

Hardback

Main Details

Title Filelfo in Milan: Writings 1451-1477
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Diana Robin
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:286
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
Western philosophy - Medieval and Renaissance c 500 to c 1600
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780691636900
ClassificationsDewey:850.9351
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details
Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

In this portrait of the flamboyant Milanese courtier Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481), Diana Robin reveals a fifteenth-century humanism different from the cool, elegant classicism of Medicean Florence and patrician Venice. Although Filelfo served such heads of state as Pope Pius II, Cosimo de' Medici, and Francesco Sforza, his humanism was that of the