by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini
Catholic University of America Press, 2013
Cloth: 978-0-8132-2182-3 | Paper: 978-0-8132-3263-8 | eISBN: 978-0-8132-2183-0
Library of Congress Classification DD173.P5813 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 943.028

ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This popular text circulated widely in manuscript form and was printed in several editions between the late 15th and the early 18th centuries, in Latin, German, and Italian. The present volume represents the first time this work has been translated into English, bringing its colorful narrative to the attention of a wider audience. This edition also provides extensive footnotes, an appendix of rulers, and a lengthy introduction to Aeneas?s life and the context and relevance of this work.