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Vite Degli Sforzeschi

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Fu lo Sforza celeberrimo capitano di ventura del secolo XV e padre di quel Francesco, che per valore in armi, per sin golare avvedutezza nel consiglio, e dicasi pure, per fellonia, fecesi creare duca dello Stato di Milano, uno de'più potenti che allor contasse l'italia, e formò quindi lo stipite di una dominazione, la quale, se da un canto diede qualche lustro alla Lombardia, promovendovi le arti, le scienze, le lettere, dall'altro le fu principio e causa di grande rovina.

338 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2024

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Paolo Giovio

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Paolo Giovio (also spelled Paulo Jovio; Latin: Paulus Jovius) was an Italian physician, historian and biographer, and prelate.
He is chiefly known as the author of a celebrated work of contemporary history, Historiarum sui temporis libri XLV, of a collection of lives of famous men, Vitae virorum illustrium (1549‑57), and of Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium, (Florence, 1554), which may be translated as Praise of Men Illustrious for Courage in War (1554). He is best remembered as a chronicler of the Italian Wars. His eyewitness accounts of many of the battles form one of the most significant primary sources for the period.

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