03870nam 2200709 a 450 991046127090332120211025212853.00-674-06326-010.4159/harvard.9780674063266(CKB)2670000000137017(EBL)3301030(OCoLC)770009459(SSID)ssj0000571458(PQKBManifestationID)12216535(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571458(PQKBWorkID)10619121(PQKB)11297030(MiAaPQ)EBC3301030(DE-B1597)178131(OCoLC)979746653(DE-B1597)9780674063266(Au-PeEL)EBL3301030(CaPaEBR)ebr10522595(EXLCZ)99267000000013701720110513d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriting history in Renaissance Italy[electronic resource] Leonardo Bruni and the uses of the past /Gary IanzitiCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20121 online resource (432 p.)I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-674-06152-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Beginnings -- pt. 2. Florence under the oligarchy -- pt. 3. Medici Florence -- pt. 4. Late works.Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444) is widely recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. But why this recognition came about-and what it has meant for the field of historiography-has long been a matter of confusion and controversy. Writing History in Renaissance Italy offers a fresh approach to the subject by undertaking a systematic, work-by-work investigation that encompasses for the first time the full range of Bruni's output in history and biography.The study is the first to assess in detail the impact of the classical Greek historians on the development of humanist methods of historical writing. It highlights in particular the importance of Thucydides and Polybius-authors Bruni was among the first in the West to read, and whose analytical approach to politics led him in new directions. Yet the revolution in history that unfolds across the four decades covered in this study is no mere revival of classical models: Ianziti constantly monitors Bruni's position within the shifting hierarchies of power in Florence, drawing connections between his various historical works and the political uses they were meant to serve.The result is a clearer picture of what Bruni hoped to achieve, and a more precise analysis of the dynamics driving his new approach to the past. Bruni himself emerges as a protagonist of the first order, a figure whose location at the center of power was a decisive factor shaping his innovations in historical writing.I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.HistoriansItalyFlorenceBiographyBiographersItalyFlorenceBiographyHumanistsItalyFlorenceBiographyHistoriographyItalyFlorenceHistoryTo 1500RenaissanceItalyFlorenceHistoriographyFlorence (Italy)HistoryTo 1421HistoriographyElectronic books.HistoriansBiographersHumanistsHistoriographyHistoryRenaissanceHistoriography.945/.511007202BIanziti Gary592219MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461270903321Writing history in Renaissance Italy1769759UNINA