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Filelfo in Milan: Writings 1451-1477
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Filelfo in Milan: Writings 1451-1477
Contributors:
By (Author) Diana Robin
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Ethics and moral philosophy
Medieval Western philosophy
Social and cultural history
Dewey:
850.9351
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
286
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
567g
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
