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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 libraryLorenzo 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