On The Donation Of Constantine by Lorenzo Valla - 9780674025332

Valla (1407-1457) was the most important theorist of the humanist movement. His most famous work is the present volume, an oration in which Valla uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule.

• | By (Author): Lorenzo Valla
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: May 30, 2007
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674025334
• | ISBN-13: 9780674025332