Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy by James Hankins

Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy

James Hankins

768 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
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A bold, revisionist account of the political thought of the Italian Renaissance--from Petrarch to Machiavelli--that reveals the all-important role of character in shaping society, both in citizens and in their leaders. Convulsed by a civilizationa...

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