Visions of Politics

Quentin Skinner0-511-03980-8, 0-521-58106-0

The second of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world’s leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some of his most important essays on the political thought of the Italian renaissance, each of which has been carefully revised for publication in this form. All of Professor Skinner’s work is characterised by philosophical power, limpid clarity, and elegance of exposition; these essays, many of which are now recognised classics, provide a fascinating and convenient digest of the development of his thought.

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Table of contents :
Half-title……Page 3
Title……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Contents……Page 7
Plates……Page 9
General preface……Page 11
Full Contents: Volumes 1–3……Page 14
Acknowledgements……Page 16
Conventions……Page 19
1 Introduction: The reality of the Renaissance……Page 23
I……Page 32
II……Page 35
III……Page 39
IV……Page 52
V……Page 59
I……Page 61
II……Page 63
III……Page 78
IV……Page 90
V……Page 104
VI……Page 111
II……Page 127
III……Page 132
IV……Page 137
I……Page 152
II……Page 153
III……Page 160
IV……Page 168
V……Page 176
VI……Page 182
VII……Page 191
I……Page 194
II……Page 195
III……Page 203
IV……Page 207
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VI……Page 218
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III……Page 229
IV……Page 234
V……Page 239
VI……Page 244
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III……Page 258
IV……Page 270
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II……Page 280
III……Page 287
IV……Page 296
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III……Page 308
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IV……Page 331
V……Page 336
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II……Page 343
III……Page 346
IV……Page 352
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VII……Page 376
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III……Page 383
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V……Page 399
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III……Page 407
IV……Page 413
V……Page 421
VI……Page 428
VII……Page 439
VIII……Page 444
ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD……Page 448
PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES……Page 449
SECONDARY SOURCES……Page 462
Index……Page 485