{"product_id":"republics-and-kingdoms-compared-hardcover-by-aurelio-lippo-brandolini","title":"Republics and Kingdoms Compared Hardcover by Aurelio Lippo Brandolini","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eHarvard University Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2009-05-31)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e336\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780674033986\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eAurelio Lippo Brandolini’s \u003ci\u003eRepublics and Kingdoms Compared\u003c\/i\u003e is the most fascinating and least-known work of humanist political theory before Machiavelli. A Socratic dialogue set in the court of King Mattias Corvinus of Hungary (ca. 1490), the work depicts a debate between the king himself and a Florentine merchant at his court on the relative merits of republics and kingdoms. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn effect a searing critique of Florentine civic humanism, the work discusses such issues as free trade and the morality of commerce, the inequalities of wealth typical of republics, the nature of freedom and justice, the reasons for the rise and fall of empires, the causes of political corruption, and the conditions necessary for the flourishing of arts, letters, and culture generally. This is the first critical edition and the first translation into any language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eJames Hankins is Professor of History at Harvard University and founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eVirtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Marraro Prize and a \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year; \u003ci\u003ePolitical Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePlato in the Italian Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e; and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on Renaissance philosophy and political thought, he is a Corresponding Member of the British Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554112393377,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674033986","price":44.65,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674033986.jpg?v=1781754869","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/republics-and-kingdoms-compared-hardcover-by-aurelio-lippo-brandolini","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}