Writing history in Renaissance Italy: Leonardo Bruni and the uses of the past

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Main Author: Ianziti, Gary (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard Univ. Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ianziti, Gary, Writing History in Renaissance Italy: Leonardo Bruni and the Uses of the Past. I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History] (2013) (Balserak, Jon)
Series/Journal:I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bruni, Leonardo 1370-1444 / Historiography
Further subjects:B Renaissance (Italy) (Florence) Historiography
B Historiography (Italy) (Florence) History To 1500
B Humanists (Italy) (Florence) Biography
B Bruni, Leonardo (1369-1444)
B Florence (Italy) History To 1421 Historiography
B Historians (Italy) (Florence) Biography
B Biographers (Italy) (Florence) Biography

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