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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankROMANMONARCHYANDTHERENAISSANCEPRINCEBeginningwithasustainedanalysisofSeneca’stheoryofmonarchyinthetreatiseDeclementia,PeterStaceytracestheformativeimpactofancientRomanpoliticalphilosophyuponmedievalandRenaissancethinkingaboutprincelygovernmentontheIta
2、lianpeninsulafromthetimeofFrederickIItotheearly-modernperiod.RomanMonarchyandtheRenaissancePrinceoffersasystematicreconstructionofthepre-humanistandhumanisthistoryofthegenreofpoliticalreflectionknownasthemirror-for-princestradition–atraditionwhich,asStaceyshows,isindebtedtoSeneca’
3、sspeculumaboveallotherclassicalaccountsofthevirtuousprince–andculminateswithacomprehen-siveandcontroversialreadingofthegreatestworkofRenaissancemonarchicalpoliticaltheory,Machiavelli’sThePrince.PeterStaceybringstolightastorywhichhasbeenlostfromviewinrecentaccountsoftheRenaissanced
4、ebttoclassicalantiquity,providingaradicallyrevisionistaccountofthehistoryoftheRenaissanceprince.PETERSTACEYisCollegeLecturerandOsbornFellowinMedievalHistoryatSidneySussexCollege,Cambridge.IDEASINCONTEXT79RomanMonarchyandtheRenaissancePrinceIDEASINCONTEXTEditedbyQuentinSkinnerandJa
5、mesTullyThebooksinthisserieswilldiscusstheemergenceofintellectualtraditionsandofrelatednewdisciplines.Theprocedures,aimsandvocabulariesthatweregene-ratedwillbesetinthecontextofthealternativesavailablewithinthecontemporaryframeworksofideasandinstitutions.Throughdetailedstudiesofthe
6、evolutionofsuchtraditions,andtheirmodificationbydifferentaudiences,itishopedthatanewpicturewillformofthedevelopmentofideasintheirconcretecontexts.Bythismeans,artificialdistinctionsbetweenthehistoryofphilosophy,ofthevarioussciences,ofsocietyandpolitics,andofliteraturemaybeseentodis
7、solve.TheseriesispublishedwiththesupportoftheExxonFoundation.Alistofbooksintheserieswillbefoundattheendofthevolume.ROMANMONARCHYANDTHERENAISSANCEPRINCEPETERSTACEYSidneySussexCollege,CambridgeCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCamb
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