On the Government of Rulers : De Regimine Principum (0812233700)

Ptolemy, considered a proto-Humanist by some, combined the principles of Northern Italian republicanism with Aristotelian theory in his De Regimine Principum, a book that influenced much of the political thought of the later Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early modern period. He was the first to attack kingship as despotism and to draw parallels between ancient Greek models of mixed constitution and the Roman Republic, biblical rule, the Church, and medieval government.

In addition to his translation of this important and radical medieval political treatise, written around 1300, James M. Blythe includes a sixty-page introduction to the work and provides over 1200 footnotes that trace Ptolemy's sources, explain his references, and comment on the text, the translation, the context, and the significance.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 320 pages
• Dimensions 155 x 235 x 29.46mm | 657.71g
• Publication date 01 Jun 1997
• Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication City/Country Pennsylvania, United States
• Language English
• Edition Annotated
• Illustrations note black & white illustrations
• ISBN10 0812233700
• ISBN13 9780812233704
• Bestsellers rank 1,927,514

Download On the Government of Rulers : De Regimine Principum (0812233700).pdf, available at ebookdownloadfree.co for free.

DOWNLOAD