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1 online resource (372 p.) |
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Reason and Experience -- 1 Union, Faction and Political Participation -- 'There Is Nothing That Poses Greater Danger to the Preservation of Cities than Dissension among Those Who Govern Them' -- 'It Is the Duty of a Good Citizen to Speak Freely, Although He Might Be in Error' -- 'In Republics . . . No Ranks Are Recognized' -- 2 Sharing in Office, Sharing in Power -- 'Those Who Deserve Less, Always Seek for More and Plead for More' |
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'The Reward of Age, of Merits and of Virtues' -- 'It Befits Justice and Equity to Provide that All May Share in Offices and Magistracies' -- 'The Fairer and More Comprehensive Way' -- 3 Supreme Authority and Executive Power -- 'The True and Supreme Prince of Your Republic' -- 'Freely Consulting and Deciding Will Be Liberty' -- 'The Republic Can Be Divided Into Two Parts, Into Public and Private' -- 4 Public Finances and Private Interests -- 'It Is Just That All Citizens Should Bear the Burdens of Their City' -- 'He Who Has More Should Pay More' |
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'The Public Finances Are the Sinews of the Republic' -- 'The Idleness of Citizens . . . Is Usually the Ruin of the People' -- 5 A Well-ordered Republic -- 'The Venetian Republic, Which Should Be the Mirror to Every Republic' -- 'If Ever There Was Any Well-ordered City or Republic, It Is Our Republic' -- 'With Changing Customs and Times, Reform of the Laws Is Also Desirable' -- 'The Administration of Justice Is the Universal Foundation of All the Cities and States of the World' -- 6 The Legitimacy of Princely Rule -- 'True and Undoubted Lords' |
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'I Am Not the Lord of Florence, But a Citizen of Some Authority' -- 'It Is the Nature of Lords to Wish to Be Obeyed' -- 'The State in Itself Is a Lifeless Thing, and Everything That Is Done in It Should Be Attributed to the Lord Who Rules and Governs It' -- 7 Libertà and the Community of Italian Powers -- 'For the Peace, Union, Tranquillity and Good of Italy' -- 'The Only Father and Most Particular Refuge of Our Libertà and State' -- 'It Should Not Be Permissible for Any Party to Nominate as Aderenti or Raccomandati the Subjects or Vassals of Another' -- 'Tempered Liberty' |
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'If You Wish to Stay Friends, His Majesty Will Not Agree Unless You Pay Him a Good Sum, as the Others Do Who Are under His Protection' -- 'To Live Free, Although under the Shade and Protection of His Majesty, Who Cannot Be Said to Impinge on Their Libertà by Using His Imperial Authority' -- 'I Would Like to See the French in France, the Spanish in Spain, and the Italians in Italy' -- 8 Practice and Theory -- Conclusion: Republics and Signorie -- Bibliography -- Archive and Manuscript Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
A wide ranging survey of the political principles which underlay, or were used to justify, political proposals and decisions in Renaissance Italy |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Political culture -- Italy -- History
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Political participation -- Italy -- History
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Reason -- Political aspects -- Italy -- History
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Experience -- Italy -- History
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Power (Social sciences) -- Italy -- History
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City-states -- Italy -- History
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Republicanism -- Italy -- History
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HISTORY / Europe / General.
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City-states
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Experience
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Political culture
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Political participation
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Politics and government
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Power (Social sciences)
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Reason -- Political aspects
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Republicanism
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| SUBJECT |
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069001
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1108962599 |
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9781108955713 |
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1108955711 |
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9781108962599 |
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