On the Donation of Constantine
| AUTHOR | Valla, Lorenzo; Bowersock, G. W. |
| PUBLISHER | Harvard University Press (04/01/2007) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457) was the most important theorist of the humanist movement. He wrote a major work on Latin style, On Elegance in the Latin Language, which became a battle-standard in the struggle for the reform of Latin across Europe, and Dialectical Disputations, a wide-ranging attack on scholastic logic. His most famous work is On the Donation of Constantine, an oration in which Valla uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule. It appears here in a new translation with introduction and notes by G. W. Bowersock, based on the critical text of Wolfram Setz (1976). This volume also includes a text and translation of the Constitutum Constantini, commonly known as the Donation of Constantine.
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ISBN-13:
9780674025332
ISBN-10:
0674025334
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
Latin
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Page Count:
224
Carton Quantity:
44
Product Dimensions:
6.18 x 0.68 x 7.97 inches
Weight:
0.75 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Dust Cover,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Bilingual
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Religion | Christianity - Catholic - General
Religion | History
Religion | Europe - Renaissance
Dewey Decimal:
262.132
Library of Congress Control Number:
2006052944
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Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457) was the most important theorist of the humanist movement. He wrote a major work on Latin style, On Elegance in the Latin Language, which became a battle-standard in the struggle for the reform of Latin across Europe, and Dialectical Disputations, a wide-ranging attack on scholastic logic. His most famous work is On the Donation of Constantine, an oration in which Valla uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule. It appears here in a new translation with introduction and notes by G. W. Bowersock, based on the critical text of Wolfram Setz (1976). This volume also includes a text and translation of the Constitutum Constantini, commonly known as the Donation of Constantine.
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Translator:
Bowersock, G. W.
G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
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