Alexander Lee, Humanism and Empire, The Imperial Ideal in Fourteenth-Century Italy. Oxford University Press: Oxford 2018.
Journal Title: Conatus - Journal of Philosophy - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Book review: Alexander Lee, Humanism and Empire, The Imperial Ideal in Fourteenth-Century Italy (Oxford University Press: Oxford 2018). By Georgios Steiris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Authors and Affiliations
Georgios Steiris
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