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Chapter Florence 1438: The Encomium of the Florentina Libertas Sent by Poggio Bracciolini to Duke Filippo Maria Visconti

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This article presents the critical editions of two texts: a letter by the Duke of Milan Filippo Maria Visconti (but written on his behalf by Pier Candido Decembrio) sent to Poggio Bracciolini on 28 July 1438; and the response written by Poggio on 15 September. Poggio’s letter contains a brief treatise in praise of Florence and of the Florentina libertas. The documents illuminate a crucial episode in the history of Italian Humanism. The article opens with the discussion of these two letters in their wider historical and intellectual context: on the one hand, the characteristically Florentine «civic humanism» which constitutes the background of Poggio’s positions; on the other, the political and cultural competition between Florence and Milan during the first half of the 15th century.

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www.fupress.com/ : Firenze University Press., Florence, 2020

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oer.unej.ac.id

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English

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9788864539683

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computer

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online resource

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Poggio Bracciolini

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Mullaney, Ann

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/83590

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Suwardi

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10.36253/978-88-6453-968-3.04

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