Donato Giannotti
Donato Giannotti (born November 27, 1492 in Florence , † December 27, 1573 in Rome ) was an Italian political philosopher and author of plays.
Life
He was one of the leaders of the short-lived Republic of Florence from 1527. He wrote essential works on the form of the republic . So he envisaged a separation of powers. After the return of the Medici , he had to go into exile . He was a protégé of Cardinal Niccolò Ridolfi and was acquainted with Michelangelo .
Works
- Della repubblica fiorentina (1531)
- Dialogi de Republica Venetorum (1540)
German
- On the Republic of Florence (1534) Edited and introduced by Alois Riklin . Translated and commented by Daniel Höchli
ISBN 3-77053116-7 Series: Humanist Library II Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich (texts, 32)
- Conversations with MichelAngelo ISBN 906034006X
- Il Vecchio amoroso
- Milesia in terzine
- Lettere a Piero Vettori
- Dialoghi de 'Giorni che Dante Consumo nel Cercare l'Inferno e'l Purgatorio (1546)
literature
- Francesca Russo: Donato Giannotti's theory of the mixed government and its success in the German-speaking area , in: Norbert Campagna, Stefano Saracino (ed.): State understanding in Italy. From Dante to the 21st century , Nomos, Baden-Baden 2018, pp. 91–112.
- Randolph Starn (Ed.): Donato Giannotti and His Epistolae (1968)
- DJ Gordon, Gianotti, Michelangelo and the cult of Brutus , in: Festschrift Fritz Saxl 1890–1948. A Volume of Memorial Essays from His Friends in England, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London 1957, pp. 281-296.
- Donato Giannotti, Lettere a Piero Vettori, pubblicate sopra gli originali del British Museum da Roberto Ridolfi e Cecil Roth , Vallecchi, Florence 1932.
- Alois Riklin : Division of Power avant la lettre: Donato Giannotti (1534) , in: History of Political Thought Vol. XXIX, 2/2008, pp. 257-272.
- Alois Riklin : Donato Giannotti - a misunderstood thought leader of the separation of powers from the time of the Florentine Renaissance , in: Zeitschrift für Neuere Rechtsgeschichte, XIV (1992) 129–161.
Web links
- Columbia Encyclopedia article
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giannotti, Donato |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian political philosopher and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1492 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1573 |
| Place of death | Rome |