Peter Godman

Documents the controversial relationship between the Catholic Church and the Nazis, citing how a communist-wary Vatican maintained a policy of non-interference in Nazi persecutions and withheld crucial information about Nazi activities. 50,000 first printing.

Inside the Secret Archives that Reveal the New Story of the Nazis and the Church

Hitler and the Vatican

Among the most original and exciting features of the Carolingian Renaissance is the reemergence of political poetry and the development of a vital tradition of verse which comments reflectively and contentiously on the course of public events. The rise of a circle of authors who gathered about Charlemagne, and maintained a close and reciprocal relationship with his imperial successors, marks a turning point in the intellectual history of the Middle Ages, and the work of these able and ambitious writers shed light on the cultural and political ambitions of successive Carolingian emperors. Peter Godman's analysis focuses on the character of the classical tradition in the early Middle ages--creatively adapted to "barbarian" literary tastes--and the refashioning and invention of poetic form in response to contemporary political affairs.

Frankish Politics and Carolingian Poetry

Poets and Emperors

Jörg Jarnut

Peter Johanek

Im Mittelpunkt des Buches steht das sogenannte Karlsepos, das früher auch als Aachener oder Paderborner Epos bezeichnet wurde. Aus verschiedenen Perspektiven erfolgt eine neue Auseinandersetzung mit dem Text, der in seiner literaturwissenschaftlichen Umgebung wie auch im zeitgenössischen politisch-geschichtlichen Kontext betrachtet und diskutiert wird. Dabei spielen die Ereignisse in Rom und Paderborn um das Jahr 800, aber auch die Einordnung in gesamteuropäische Zusammenhänge eine besondere Rolle, so dass der vorliegende Band als eine Bestandsaufnahme der politischen, gesellschaftlichen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Verhältnisse des späten 8. und frühen 9. Jahrhunderts gelten darf.

Das Epos "Karolus Magnus et Leo papa" und der Papstbesuch in Paderborn 799

Am Vorabend der Kaiserkrönung

Peter Godman presents the first intellectual history of Florentine humanism from the lifetime of Angelo Poliziano in the later fifteenth century to the death of Niccolo Machiavelli in 1527. Making use of unpublished and rare sources, Godman traces the development of philological and official humanism after the expulsion of the Medici in 1494 up to and beyond their restoration in 1512. He draws long overdue attention to the work of Marcello Virgilio Adriani--Poliziano's successor in his Chair at the Studio and Machiavelli's colleague at the Chancery of Florence. And he examines in depth the intellectual impact of Savonarola and the relationship between secular and religious and oral and print cultures. Godman shows a complex reaction of rivalry and antagonism in Machiavelli's approach to Marcello Virgilio, who was the leading Florentine humanist of the day. But he also demonstrates that Florentine humanists shared a common culture, marked by a preference for secular over religious themes and by constant anxiety about surviving and prospering in the city's dangerous political climate. The book concludes with an appendix, drawn from previously incaccessible archives, about the censorship of Machiavelli by the Inquisition and the Index. From Poliziano to Machiavelli adds new depth to the intellectual history of Forence during his most dynamic period in its history. Originally published in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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