554 research outputs found
Crowning a Florentine Princeps in a New Rome: The Civic Humanism of Leonardo Bruni and the Rise of Cosimo de\u27 Medici, Pater Patriae
No full textThis thesis explores the relationship between Leonardo Bruni, his civic humanism, and Cosimo de\u27 Medici. It argues that Leonardo Bruni utilized civic humanism to teach ancient philosophy, and political and behavioral models first to a failing Florentine oligarchy and then to Cosimo in order to assist his rise to power in Florence. Many of Bruni\u27s writings contain ancient sources that provide valuable models and vocabulary that he repurposes to present Cosimo as princeps in an intellectual effort to ameliorate the Florentine oligarchy of the early Quattrocento and usher in a version of mixed government that came to be in 1434.
This work examines three distinct periods of Bruni\u27s literary repertoire. The first period, which covers the years from 1403-1413, suggests that Bruni was dissatisfied with the Florentine oligarchy and shows that he was searching for remedies for its corruption in his study of the ancients. The second period, from 1420-1428, displays Bruni\u27s attempts to teach Cosimo ancient ways to demonstrate preeminence and reveals that Bruni held Cosimo in a very positive light. The third period consists of works published in 1439. These works show Bruni\u27s satisfaction with the new Medici regime and they stand as evidence of his attempts to refine its public image. Taken together, the evidence presented in this thesis suggests that Bruni was not an advocate for republicanism or oligarchy only. Rather, Bruni was a Renaissance reformer who used civic humanism as a vector for the importation of ancient political and behavioral models in order to resurrect the ancient world in Quattrocento Florence in the spheres of government, the arts, and scholarship through Cosimo de\u27 Medici, Pater Patriae
Leonardo Bruni, the Medici, and the Florentine Histories
No full textOthers, like the prominent humanist and anti-Medicean agitator Francesco Filelfo, would soon join the first wave of exiles.4 Bruni was not only linked to such men by ties of patronage and friendship; he had also for many years acted as the chief ideologue of the preMedicean oligarchy.5 One might logically expect that he too would become a victim of Medici vengeance in 1434, or soon thereafter. Other scholars have stressed that Bruni-despite the occasional flamboyance of his civic rhetoric-was always an advocate of restricted government.8 While the power struggle between the Medici and their adversaries was real enough, the system Cosimo and his associates introduced after 1434 differed from its predecessor only in the consistency with which it was applied
Logical Analysis of data as an exploratory tool to characterize individual use of the Internet in Italy
No full textLogical analysis of data as a tool for the analysis of probabilistic discrete choice behavior
No full textProbabilistic Discrete Choice Models (PDCM) have been extensively used to interpret the behavior of heterogeneous decision makers that face discrete alternatives. The classification approach of Logical Analysis of Data (LAD) uses discrete optimization to generate patterns, which are logic formulas characterizing the different classes. Patterns can be seen as rules explaining the phenomenon under analysis. In this work we discuss how LAD can be used as the first phase of the specification of PDCM. Since in this task the number of patterns generated may be extremely large, and many of them may be nearly equivalent, additional processing is necessary to obtain practically meaningful information. Hence, we propose computationally viable techniques to obtain small sets of patterns that constitute meaningful representations of the phenomenon and allow to discover significant associations between subsets of explanatory variables and the output. We consider the complex socio-economic problem of the analysis of the utilization of the Internet in Italy, using real data gathered by the Italian National Institute of Statistics
Il progetto europeo SUPERTEX (Ecoinnovation) per l’ impiego di PET da riciclo nel tessile tecnico
No full textInteressi etruschi nel Capitolo della Primaziale Pisana nel primo trentennio del XVIII secolo. Alcune note su Ottavio Angelo D'Abramo e Nicola Maria Lisci
No full textDopo la pubblicazione del volume di Curzio Inghirami degli "Antiquitatum truscarum Fragmenta" e della polemica che ne seguì, l'interesse per il passato etrusco del Granducato sembra conoscere un periodo di sostanziale oblio fino agli ultimi anni di regno di Cosimo III. All'inizio del XVIII secolo, tuttavia, il tema, specificatamente orientato verso le antichità di Volterra, conosce un momento di rinnovato interesse da parte di alcuni canonici della Primaziale Pisana. Questi interessi antiquari trovano stimolo sia dall'ambiente erudito che prospera all'ombra dello Studio pisano, sia dalle relazioni con Lodovico Muratori
Avascular bone necrosis: An underestimated complication of systemic sclerosis
No full textAvascular bone necrosis: An underestimated complication of systemic sclerosi
CAPRI versus AGLINK-COSIMO: Two partial equilibrium models - Two baseline approaches
No full textThe agricultural modelling world has generated several models aiming at the analysis of the response of the sector to certain changes in exogenous mainly policy variables. Among those, the CAPRI modelling system developed by a consortium centred on the University of Bonn and the AGLINK-COSIMO model, a joint product of the OECD and the FAO, are well known and accepted as comprehensive tools. This analysis focuses on a qualitative comparison of both models and particularly on the process of setting up the baseline. The baseline is a medium-term projection of agricultural markets reflecting current policies and those already decided upon. This projection in turn serves as the base for comparisons when analyzing scenarios. It is shown that CAPRI uses generic and automatic procedures whenever possible for conducting the database and the baseline, while AGLINK-COSIMO puts more emphasis on expert knowledge in this process. Both approaches are shown to have certain advantages while the conclusion that a combination of them would potentially improve both models will be drawn from this analysis.CAPRI, AGLINK-COSIMO, Baseline process, Agricultural and Food Policy,
Da Eva a Eleonora di Toledo: le Difese delle donne di Ludovico Bruni (1552)
No full textIl saggio analizza nel contesto della querelle des femmes l’unico trattato scritto da Domenico Bruni intitolato Difese delle donne, dedicato alla consorte spagnola di Cosimo I, Eleonora di Toledo. Questo testo non solo permette di ripercorrere la retorica e gli argomenti tipici usati nella difesa dell’onore femminile, ma è anche in dialogo con la tradizione giuridica e con alcune prospettive eterodosse che continuavano a riscuotere successo tra i letterati difensori delle donne. La combinazione di tali elementi porta Bruni a costruire una difesa delle donne partendo dal riscatto di Eva, fino ad approdare all’esaltazione della donna di governo e al disvelamento della sovrastruttura patriarcale che organizza la società. Con gli strumenti dell’analisi testuale e di un approccio storico-culturale, si propone la riattualizzazione di questo testo e del suo autore, aggiungendo alla querelle des femmes una voce maschile ad oggi ancora approfondita parzialmente, ma che contribuisce alla discussione su vari livelli interpretativi
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