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Commentaries

By Pius II
About Commentaries

The Renaissance popes were among the most enlightened and generous patrons of arts and letters in the Europe of their day. Commentaries, the only autobiography ever written by a pope, was composed in elegant humanistic Latin modeled on Caesar and Cicero. This edition contains a fresh Latin text and an updated translation.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674024892
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 416
  • Published:
  • October 31, 2007
  • Dimensions:
  • 133x209x26 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 486 g.
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Description of Commentaries

The Renaissance popes were among the most enlightened and generous patrons of arts and letters in the Europe of their day. Commentaries, the only autobiography ever written by a pope, was composed in elegant humanistic Latin modeled on Caesar and Cicero. This edition contains a fresh Latin text and an updated translation.

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