Beschreibung:
The evolution of republican concepts compared to medieval and early modern traditions of political thought.
Introduction James Hankins; 1. The republican idea William J. Connell; 2. 'Civic humanism' and medieval political thought James M. Blythe; 3. Civic humanism and Florentine politics John M. Najemy; 4. Two myths of civic humanism Mikael Hornqvist; 5. Rhetoric, history and ideology: the civic panegyrics of Leonardo Bruni James Hankins; 6. De-masking Renaissance republicanism Alison Brown; 7. Civic humanism, realist constitutionalism, and Francesco Guicciardini's 'Discorso di Logrogno' Athanasios Moulakis; 8. Bruni and Machiavelli on civic humanism Harvey C. Mansfield; 9. Rhetoric, reason and republic: republicanisms - ancient, medieval and modern Cary J. Nederman; 10. Situating Machiavelli Paul A. Rahe.