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OverviewThe Renaissance popes were among the most enlightened and generous patrons of arts and letters in the Europe of their day. The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a famous Latin poet and diplomat. Originally an opponent of the papacy as well as something of a libertine, Aeneas eventually reconciled himself with the Roman church and became a priest, then a cardinal. Finally he was elected Pope Pius II (1458) and dedicated his pontificate to organizing a pan-European crusade against the Ottoman Empire. Pius's 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 based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime and an updated and corrected version of the 1937 translation by Florence Alden Gragg. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pius II , Margaret Meserve , Marcello SimonettaPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Volume: No. 29 Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780674024892ISBN 10: 0674024893 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 01 November 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMargaret Meserve is Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean for Humanities and Faculty Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. Marcello Simonetta is Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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