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Commentaries

By Pius II
About Commentaries

Commentaries by Pius II (1405-1464)-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 based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime and an updated and corrected version of the 1937 translation by Florence Alden Gragg.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674058385
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 544
  • Published:
  • September 3, 2018
  • Dimensions:
  • 211x144x28 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 664 g.
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Description of Commentaries

Commentaries by Pius II (1405-1464)-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 based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime and an updated and corrected version of the 1937 translation by Florence Alden Gragg.

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