History of Venice / Pietro Bembo ; edited and translated by Robert W. Ulery, Jr.

Main entry:

Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547.

Title & Author:

History of Venice / Pietro Bembo ; edited and translated by Robert W. Ulery, Jr.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007-2009.

Description:

3 volumes : maps ; 21 cm.

Series:

The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 28, 32, 37

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-344) and index.
Volume I. Books I-IV. -- Volume II. Books V-VIII. -- Volume III. Books IX-XII.
English and Latin.

Summary:

Pietro Bembo (1470{u2013}1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was a celebrated Latin stylist and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. His early dialogue on the subject of love influenced the development of the literary vernacular, as did his Prose della volgar lingua (1525). From 1513 to 1521 he served Pope Leo X as Latin secretary and became known as the leading advocate of Ciceronian Latin in Europe and of the Tuscan dialect within Italy. He was named official historian of Venice in 1529 and began to compose in Latin his continuation of the city's history in twelve books, covering the years from 1487 to 1513. Although the work chronicles internal politics and events, much of it is devoted to the external affairs of Venice, principally conflicts with other European states (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan, and the papacy) and with the Turks in the East.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780674022836 (cloth ; v. 1 ; alk. paper)
0674022831 (cloth ; v. 1 ; alk. paper)
9780674022843 (v. 2)
067402284X (v. 2)
9780674022867 (cloth ; v. 3 ; alk. paper)
0674022866 (cloth ; v. 3 ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Venice (Italy) History 697-1508.
Venise (Italie) Histoire 697-1508.
Italy Venice

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Ulery, Robert W.
I Tatti Renaissance library ; 28, 32, 37.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255224
Call No.: DG677.A2 B4 2007
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 260881
Call No.: DG677.A2 B4 2007
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 264944
Call No.: DG677.A2 B4 2007
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available

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