LEADER 03870nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910461270903321 005 20211025212853.0 010 $a0-674-06326-0 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674063266 035 $a(CKB)2670000000137017 035 $a(EBL)3301030 035 $a(OCoLC)770009459 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000571458 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12216535 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571458 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10619121 035 $a(PQKB)11297030 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301030 035 $a(DE-B1597)178131 035 $a(OCoLC)979746653 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674063266 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301030 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10522595 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000137017 100 $a20110513d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting history in Renaissance Italy$b[electronic resource] $eLeonardo Bruni and the uses of the past /$fGary Ianziti 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 225 1 $aI Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-06152-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Beginnings -- pt. 2. Florence under the oligarchy -- pt. 3. Medici Florence -- pt. 4. Late works. 330 $aLeonardo Bruni (1370-1444) is widely recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. But why this recognition came about-and what it has meant for the field of historiography-has long been a matter of confusion and controversy. Writing History in Renaissance Italy offers a fresh approach to the subject by undertaking a systematic, work-by-work investigation that encompasses for the first time the full range of Bruni's output in history and biography.The study is the first to assess in detail the impact of the classical Greek historians on the development of humanist methods of historical writing. It highlights in particular the importance of Thucydides and Polybius-authors Bruni was among the first in the West to read, and whose analytical approach to politics led him in new directions. Yet the revolution in history that unfolds across the four decades covered in this study is no mere revival of classical models: Ianziti constantly monitors Bruni's position within the shifting hierarchies of power in Florence, drawing connections between his various historical works and the political uses they were meant to serve.The result is a clearer picture of what Bruni hoped to achieve, and a more precise analysis of the dynamics driving his new approach to the past. Bruni himself emerges as a protagonist of the first order, a figure whose location at the center of power was a decisive factor shaping his innovations in historical writing. 410 0$aI Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history. 606 $aHistorians$zItaly$zFlorence$vBiography 606 $aBiographers$zItaly$zFlorence$vBiography 606 $aHumanists$zItaly$zFlorence$vBiography 606 $aHistoriography$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aRenaissance$zItaly$zFlorence$xHistoriography 607 $aFlorence (Italy)$xHistory$yTo 1421$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistorians 615 0$aBiographers 615 0$aHumanists 615 0$aHistoriography$xHistory 615 0$aRenaissance$xHistoriography. 676 $a945/.511007202 676 $aB 700 $aIanziti$b Gary$0592219 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461270903321 996 $aWriting history in Renaissance Italy$91769759 997 $aUNINA