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    sete ter eterna Images of tthe representative works of alan culture, Akhough fost onthe ‘oder ad contemporsry periods it doesnot net the haraiic os ‘fala thought, The erie winch new scholly monographs ee Quattrocento two a work of greener. Sees Florence Paolo Vlei, Yale Universi, Genel Bator Peer Carats, City Universe of New York Selected Writings in Literature, History and Are Umberto co, University Bogs Gineppe Mazzota, Yale Uivesity ‘uci Re, Unive of Clon, Los Angeles Maso Rie, Brown University Rhee West, Univer of Chicago le Univesity rss Nav Hand Lodo Cnr © sy Ye Une Agha "Thnk ay tbe we pidgin ‘eon rm reap pry Seo ot ‘ad oft US Capi ie ene in ir be ‘cp wor tn ein on he pane Denpilty Ree Senate Hone Tying ne Libero Cag Pilato a ug ete Res scrip a Yalan fod Se py adnan Ard ahr 1 co = Onno nd gh i) ogg rene ce aN arate) BBW 20o9 ‘ome Choon Sen Us Acted fr ii fn Bet ay ‘Spots Coma on Pn nr ea apy si Coca Re contents Foreword Acknowledgments x Ingoduction ait List oF Chil Abbewitions a ‘Map otal Cia 1490 ai Ande Ale (CieyPln of ate Quatocento rence av “Andie Aer ‘Chronology of ieemh-Cenrary rence xv 1 ADefese ofthe Roman Origin of Florence 3 Causal 2 The Repubian Legy 12 eons Br a ‘The Lives of Dante and Petrarch LEONARDO BRUNI ring ft mms make by Dat and Ph afl pt nomanion. Ti pact i th cs of Ba ho is a4 Pum alum Histum (146) ned omnvha equa oiion 9 Foe res Lt hoe hep hom highly. The tie {ups of an nd Poche modell n Pha imo port of nd Rona pron Drowns The Lies of Dane and Peach tl manent nthe isiry ia ome sin tein se cat f ia 436, Flo, nd Gone rma alla me the enn ef he Vio nF Mar Vio, ll f Mian, ede ha rary of it nd mc info sary ener. The Mle cha Candido compos ang te Lad statin ply Br io ores wit, ach the chal of the Foie Re hd hale ie, sme hy ya afer oa ng is sch oot tha Ba, ply ying 104 rege fom th vere, opel is spp of Data Ptah, Th ost th te work was writen arly act fr the ovens i pod Bra view of Dane wh acy the oer fey Bra pete se, ge with spat inte Bate of Compl. each, by ome bod, Br lar deed 9 if of templain end indy ‘Sands Brn, et ae el Ps Aen La Ree: Ais ‘aie, at Having recently completed lengthy work, like refeshing ypc by reading something inthe veraeub Js ike exing the same food day ser ay, reading the same work again and agai Becomes open. While mas thor earying oat my search fora bok nthe venacl, Lexe cosa sal sori by Boece called On th Lf, Catone ad Sab ofthe Mo i et Dante Although aed was well sequined with the fx thisecnal reading give me the impresion the Boca 2 mom rei nd efit | man bad wren nthe ifeand cusions of excellent poe site had been swig ether the Fol othe Fibs othe Fant, His work ied ‘th amorous though sgh, and burning ear iftan were orm chs ‘wold aly o experience hove ten day oflone raed the Handed Tae? by enamored maidens and delighfi young men. Bocacio was so famed hile dscsing mars repading love tthe onsite the mo npocti specs of Dante it, concentrating instead on things ofleer significance, ‘Thave therfore decided 0 write 1 ne ie of Dante in which putt xenon willbe pido weghtirtpic Ido not meio eticiee Boccaccio, Tse ths work oly so aie may sapplemens hi shal sh a ie of Pesach for beleve thatthe nw of thee to pot and ti fe brings mch ory tour iy. Letra ith th i of Dnt, Dantes acer detcended fm an ancient Florentine Gaily and, the seems to imply a oae oF his text they were among thowe Romane who founded Florence. This an unset co my pinion ics mater of conjctre. Ares, on the athe hing, hone ancestor whom we have eran knowles, hr great grest-ganciher wat Cac» Foeine ihe wh fought ander Emperor Conrad Lif Dad Pech caciagnida had wo beohers, one names Morooo, the other Elica. No wren Josue mentions ay dexendan of Moron, wheres om Esco ‘ne the ay cilled Ee, hie had poms ad chi mame om an ven terse. From Caccagsa descended he Alege whose mime died ‘Gomi ofhis called Alighieri mother fil Cacia snd hs behes ved asad hes ance, ea ora Sn Peo, ache erence athe Merato Vcr, which t closet he howe il lle dels Else, 50 ‘imei forthe Ee wo ive hee since ancient anes. The dscendans| [Cacia the Aligher, sed s che pizza jt behind the Church of Sen Martin al Verove, oppose the set leading tothe howe ofthe Se~ ‘het the ober side of ti haute were the esidences ofthe de’ Donat 3.8? God ante was beni he ear 1265, shorty afer the Gulp, wh a been ced following hei dees t Mostaper, bad ered o Botence: He ws ‘re nocd in the humane and entrusted o teachers of ierare. He meaty showed an outtanding genius anda remake capaci forget foeces He fs his iter Adit wen be wa acid bt was com fone by the members ois amy ad by Brunet Ln, an ald in| ‘heculure ofthat tine, He gave inslFao only eo erature bal bea sts neglecting nothing that make sma get Al dhs, however, di mot rape him vo ree tos o wholly eure and ee the company of people onthe contr, eget his contemporain wat known 0 Eepolic well mannered, ad cipal in alee actives pial of youth He puted aa young, well-epcted man nthe memarbe Bate of Can fling in which he foghe gly om borcack sn dhe is rak—iky Indo the igh of the to es wee the fst wo ash nha sack, theknght of Arezzo deleted and routed the Foes, ocgthem to retunto their foo sles a conplee diay. Thi emet evenly cost ‘he army of Arezzo he atl, sgh hated she Being enemies or 2 ‘emit otance ad ef behind theo foe sali, From den onthe to Pst amy of Aero were unableo git head wogethe,the knights Taking hep the foesldes, nd heater aking help fom he former. (nthe Flotemtine ie, mean, he exact opposite happened, for once the routed igh adjoin he fot oldies, te whol ry was ante, 0 tharthey erable ist to dete he nemy kag nd then the oe sais. Tone oPhislers Dante ecousts that, He decribesitandlains to have purtedinie* Weshoud keepin ind tht the Uber the amber, the Ab and all the other Florentine exes were fighting wih dhe ay of Arco, wheres ll ote who had left remo —Guph noble nd, People who during tha me had been bane ~sided wth he Foe “Ths the eason dha aniascrpion inthe goverment palace read ‘he Ghibelines were defeated at Cetomenda” ther tha "When the ‘of Arezzo in oer not ood those people of Arez0 who won wih -Reruring now wo cur abject hand, f would ike to se et feughe bravely fr his in, ad I wish our Boccaccio had mentioned Jnscea of recounting then yas foe and smart i. ‘But why harp on hi? The tongue avs oe where the oo ars, and ‘ho likes inking lye peak about wine ‘chs batle, Dante returned home and dete hms his with even reer nent. He dd not, ower, abandon urbane a etre. Dep his perpetual absorption i dy, no oe woul hae hd theimpreson that he was schol ae had» mos geeable chase ad wily engaged in joven ctr. Noting hi, intend cing ‘many gota people who haha noone ying alse ies sy in solitude andere, Pom al those I hve known who remo ‘hemes from conversation ever pened grt knowlege, The igi and ret inlet doesnot eed such erment etn undeabedl ue most ceria msm thi he who des ot lean som wll ee ler. Thee fore, to distance and remove one fom coxweraon is piel of tho ‘whose poor melee make them nf to fi ything Dune not onl interacted ily with i flow etes but ako marie, ‘nhisyouth, 2 gendewoman ofthe Donat fil Her name was Ger a Sheborebmnseveral chen, we sl dics ater, HeteBoceaclo dos at. wish dea wih sch mater ansysthat wives are contrary toa of a He does ot emember te Sorts, the gree piewpher of al ee, ‘marie hd chile, sd ako eld ofices in is epi; Arie whore ‘wisdom and doctrine are unparalled, married wie std ad many chien and postion; Marcas Tals, Cato, Senee, apd Varo howe great Ltn Plsopers, ab had wives an hile, held fice and pai ia government oftheir publ Boccaccio opinion inthis respect may 3 2 highly supertcilan Gr om the tah. Man 2 sch ania al Philsophers hl the fst nion, Bos which che cy ui, is sband and wife. Wherever hiss cking there aperecon, fo thie the onky ‘atr pitinat, nd permis ove eof Dae and Pera ho oso 0 sth tifein Foe the edo th sie noch the cue of ate hasnt in. He bh tas the ate set in ese hi apt ew le th hes had Hey VI ai i yd Dae le jas nd eh in Rae unary flied by &Sipin of ate’ hace and sis ich ek ftps ality a emanate cage shonin. sing it cus of ans, Benga i gsi onthe fing pvr) peeled mas (se Ones as Fe) and 2) pening hn aud howgh ipl. Homer, gl nd Doe wl oes ef is do singular wll don ie, “pos [Stared ts unenand ie metho: Aloughic el ccna jenn wards tnpan than bot Tone tee teh prs or nee st ted em red ot pening cs hey gn Ce Pe poco he ick de ke” Se it sboe dnc mexpnnon wtp) ocr cme ier kenge dtl Mo pple merrier ten trot dw ning wise Some howe, ea ch whet tr cmp, Vp en” the kof The An, Ser he Senta e Thi Ont atl The Metros omer Te (lj Th aT "nae" hae wot ther, ee oc ars eft wed we ad, eee wth ae ahem we hr gratmnofesing bere we al, Wht thew? Wee shy werk a Rompe” Thepoos mn She wh aks when autor sndconpoverof ready oe Some objet teeing what ae “it smesharwn pun Sovesonnd keen fem oad Seomidrd spot and Livy and Sale wold Be oc, sce they bo roe bn at worsened ob ed el oy pn a ren cae od oo po Tht sowing tothe mera cap ute tendon oper oo ew os ines rorya rma, "He eo oe™ Eee wol eter a one "nae » work when he a writen = Ireland, The wer oe ingen and site ye frou coed nd coed by scan ae eon Faheras Leowaspa saumt Liss asad Pon hk about he reasons nd cass or hing, about diferent cosn- ad ahowr he wz fone Dane rtedhismain workbeorebe war band and Sinise iti xe, ‘an ely ses om the woekiselE He ako vote moral ato and er. His aon are poled eight, ed with sable hough and llega with exguite vere sch the fillowing ‘very leader commands and re, but only the one whe rl peor soe who write in vere and pros tobe excl in work aed post, Ths isthe ceri Wath repting the nae se gles of poe. Weng inthe rhetoric posed othe comm, acs not ave anything do wiht nor docs wring in Grek Ly Exch nguge hat is ov perectin is pecs ind sd is oun fine snd scenic way ofypeaking Haomeone sk ee why Dae write nthe vemacur rather dans Latin a ina ehetvel ye wer ably —to wit, hat Dane was are of ing moe see vemaclar and in lyme thn in the shetricl syle of Latin, He ‘expresed in vernacular ye many hing tht he coud no kes and in pi vere. The evidence of ties in the gus be cere hexamer, which abhoogh Deus, noetiles grey nor ‘ther vers yim we hve seen. To pt i unt, our pots pete ‘wis venules, n which he isupeiortoalleters ln atin and Insead, he arly teehee level of nary aon, The on fring "hachiscenury was pinay eesti composing yes and tie en ‘hat epoch dé nor understand anything abot refined prow al Ltn forthey were uncouth, rade and devoid fal knowledge oeaer tno ‘anor schoesicaly edited in thee subj. ‘The ft works in veracalar ene, a Dane eats, were Wrten ont ‘une iy years before isn. Their poes in ely weet Boog, ‘net Guido Gainzel, dhe bright four Lady Gitone of Arson, Bao iam faces, and Guid of Mesins, Dnt apse them alin the arty ‘legac and ace of his works so much so tha exper ins eld bebe that so one wi ever outdo Dancin ye pose. The greatness be thi anguge ae aly admire ts itu ich in non exagy

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