Donato Giannotti

Donato Giannotti ( born November 27, 1492 Florence, † December 27, 1573 in Rome ) was an Italian political philosopher and author of plays.

Life

He was a leader of the short-lived Republic of Florence 1527th He wrote important works on the form of government of the Republic. So he saw a separation of powers. After the return of the Medici, he had to go into exile. He was a protégé of Cardinal Niccolò Ridolfi and was known by Michelangelo.

Works

  • Della repubblica fiorentina ( 1531)
  • Dialogi de Republica Venetorum ( 1540)

German

  • About the Republic of Florence ( 1534) Edited and introduced by Alois Riklin. Translated and annotated by Daniel Höchli

ISBN 3-77053116-7 series: Humanist Library II Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich (text, 32)

  • Conversations with Michelangelo ISBN 906034006X
  • Il Vecchio amoroso
  • Milesia in terza rima
  • Lettere a Piero Vettori
  • Dialoghi de ' Giorni che Dante Consumo nel cercare l' Inferno e'l Purgatorio ( 1546)
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