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Lives of the Popes: v. 1: Antiquity
Bartolomeo Platina
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Hardback. Covers the period from the founding of the church through ad 461. Editor(s): D'Elia, Anthony F. Translator(s): D'Elia, Anthony F. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
Bartolomeo Platina (1421- 1481), historian, political theorist, and author of a best-selling cookbook, began life as a mercenary soldier and ended it as the head of the Vatican Library. A papal official under the humanist Pope Pius II, he was a member of the humanist academies of Cardinal Bessarion and Pomponio Leto, and was twice imprisoned for conspiring against Pope Paul II. Returning to favor under Pope Sixtus IV, he composed his most famous work, a biographical compendium of the Roman popes from St. Peter down to his own time. The work critically synthesized a wide range of sources and ... Read more
Bartolomeo Platina (1421- 1481), historian, political theorist, and author of a best-selling cookbook, began life as a mercenary soldier and ended it as the head of the Vatican Library. A papal official under the humanist Pope Pius II, he was a member of the humanist academies of Cardinal Bessarion and Pomponio Leto, and was twice imprisoned for conspiring against Pope Paul II. Returning to favor under Pope Sixtus IV, he composed his most famous work, a biographical compendium of the Roman popes from St. Peter down to his own time. The work critically synthesized a wide range of sources and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
468g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674028197
SKU
V9780674028197
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About Bartolomeo Platina
Anthony F. D'Elia is Associate Professor of History at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
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