What follows is a book review I wrote during doctoral work on Leonardo Bruni. Professor Ianziti has written an insightful, critical work of scholarly import. That review was later published in the Journal of Faith and the Academy 8, no. 2 (Fall 2015): 97–101.
Book Review
Gary Ianziti. Writing
While in Italy, with Professor Celenza’s study of Machiavelli as my companion, I journeyed to the modest villa where the Florentine thinker endured his exile. In a dim room, I stood before his desk. Its grain was worn smooth by years of restless hands and restless thought. This was
Leonardo Bruni’s career unfolded within a century of intense papal change that shaped the politics, patronage, and civic culture of Italy. The two figures below place Bruni’s life against that institutional background. Figure 1 presents a complete sequence of papal reigns from Urban V to Eugene IV, tagging
Leonardo Bruni's "History of the Florentine People" is the story of republican glory. The History is a tome of nostalgia written by an aged man whose life was wholly given to the development of his beloved Florence. His narrative was an attempt to promote the future
Bruni, author of the History of the Florentine People, wrote of the greatness of the citizens and the magnificence of the city of Florence. Bruni was a man of letters and a historian who dwelled among the great classics written by ancient authors. Authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and
"A Story of the Guelfs and Ghibellines Through the Eyes of Leonardo Bruni" is an essay by Shawn D. Mathis, submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for HU 7311 "Introduction to Humane Letters" at Faulkner University. The essay, written under the guidance of Dr. Robert
In the heart of Florence once stood “the temple where the baptistery is now located.”[1] Positioned as a Florentine centerpiece, the temple served as a sacred relic to Mars, son of the king of the gods in Roman mythology, Jupiter.[2] Mars, the god of war, was the lover
The reign of Pope Boniface VIII is a tapestry of papal agendas fashioned for the creation of empire under the guise of the Holy Roman Church. His papacy materializes as kingship rather than pure Apostolic See. The papacy is a relic of the spiritual body. Empire is the incarnation of
