On the Donation of Constantine

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-674-03089-3
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 130 mm x 196 mm, Gewicht: 113 g

Reihe: The I Tatti Renaissance Library

Lorenzo Valla (1407–1457) was the leading theorist of the Renaissance humanist movement and the author of major works on Latin style, scholastic logic, and other topics. In On the Donation of Constantine he uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy’s claims to temporal rule, in a brilliant analysis that is often seen as marking the beginning of modern textual criticism. Widely translated throughout Europe during the Reformation, the work was placed on the Church’s Index of Prohibited Books. This volume provides a new translation with introduction and notes by G. W. Bowersock, commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, along with a translation of the Donation of Constantine document itself.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valla, Lorenzo

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bowersock, G. W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit

Über Autor(innen)

Bowersock, G. W.
G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.