Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections
- ISBN-10
- 0521548071
- ISBN-13
- 9780521548076
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 314
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- James Hankins
Description
The evolution of republican concepts compared to medieval and early modern traditions of political thought.
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