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The republic of Venice : De magistratibus et republica Venetorum

Title: The republic of Venice : De magistratibus et republica Venetorum / Gasparo Contarini ; edited and introduced by Filippo Sabetti ; translated by Giuseppe Pezzini with Amanda Murphy.
Author: Contarini, Gasparo, 1483-1542
Publication: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

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Description

lix, 135 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"At a time when social scientists are increasingly focusing on the reasons why nations fail and democracies die, Filippo Sabetti turns to the opposite argument, asking instead why institutions endure. To do so, he presents Gasparo Contarini's sixteenth-century account of the Republic of Venice to help modern readers understand what made Venice the longest-lived self-constituted republic. In its long history, Venice was the only city that succeeded in constructing a durable republicanism and it was one of the earliest to depart from the hierarchical world of national monarchies and sovereignty. Because of this, the author suggests that Contarini's The Republic of Venice may be just as instructive, if not more, than Machiavelli's The Prince to students of politics. Contarini is as secular as Machiavelli and is as realistic in his view of human nature, but he goes much further, examining in the case of Venice how it is possible for fallible human beings to construct a successful and stable government. This is the first modern English-language edition of Contarini's classic work, De magistratibus et republica Venetorum, from the original Latin."--

Series Statement

The Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian library

Uniform Title

De magistratibus et republica Venetorum. English
Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.

Alternative Title

De magistratibus et republica Venetorum.

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Translation of: De magistratibus et republica Venetorum.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 20-4351

ISBN

1487505841
9781487505844

LCCN

2018278545

OCLC

1090482661

Author

Contarini, Gasparo, 1483-1542, author.

Title

The republic of Venice : De magistratibus et republica Venetorum / Gasparo Contarini ; edited and introduced by Filippo Sabetti ; translated by Giuseppe Pezzini with Amanda Murphy.

Publisher

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian library

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Sabetti, Filippo, 1940- editor.

Pezzini, Giuseppe, 1984- translator.

Murphy, Amanda C. (Amanda Clare), translator.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-4351

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