Reason and Experience in Renaissance Italy
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Reason and Experience -- 1 Union, Faction and Political Participation -- 'There Is Nothing That Poses Greater Danger to the Preservation of Cities than Dissension among Those Who Govern Them' -- 'It Is the Duty of a Good Citizen to Speak Freely, Although He Might Be in Error' -- 'In Republics . . . No Ranks Are Recognized' -- 2 Sharing in Office, Sharing in Power -- 'Those Who Deserve Less, Always Seek for More and Plead for More'