The Art of the Network : Strategic Interaction and Patronage in Renaissance Florence PDF
by McLean Paul D. McLean
Part of the Politics, History, and Culture series
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McLean scrutinized thousands of letters to and from Renaissance Florentines. He describes the social protocols the letters reveal, paying particular attention to the means by which Florentines crafted credible presentations of themselves. The letters, McLean contends, testify to the development not only of new forms of self-presentation but also of a new kind of self to be presented: an emergent, "modern" conception of self as an autonomous agent. They also bring to the fore the importance that their writers attached to concepts of honor, and the ways that they perceived themselves in relation to the Florentine state.
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- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:07/12/2007
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- ISBN:9780822390367
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:07/12/2007
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- ISBN:9780822390367