Giovanni Botero
Giovanni Botero (* around 1544 in Piedmont ; † 1617 in Turin ) was an Italian political writer, priest, poet and diplomat during the Renaissance .
He was born in Piedmont, raised by the Jesuits and later taught in the colleges himself. In 1579 he was dismissed after criticizing the pope's secular power in a sermon. However, he found the support of Archbishop Carlo Borromeo , whose secretary he became in 1582. In 1598 Botero became the teacher of the son of the Duke of Savoy and traveled with him to Spain. His main work Della Ragion di stato libri dieci was published in Venice in 1589. In it he rejected Niccolò Machiavelli's views on political morality and advocated a state that should be built on Christian principles. Nevertheless, he also considered the "reason of state" to be an end that justifies the means. Relationi universali (1596) contains historical descriptions and interesting facts about the population. Cause della grandezza e magnificenza della città (1589) dealt with the causes of the growth of cities.
literature
- Romain Descendre: L'état du monde. Giovanni Botero entre raison d'État et geopolitique. Droz, Genève 2009, ISBN 978-2-600-01190-7
- Josef Bordat: Botero, Giovanni. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 144-146.
Web links
- Digitized works by Giovanni Botero from the Biblioteca Italiana .
- Relationi vniuersali di Giouanni Botero Benese diuise in quattro parti , Vicenza, 1595 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Botero, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer, priest, poet and diplomat of the Renaissance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1544 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Piedmont |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1617 |
| Place of death | Turin |