Leonardi Bruni, Florentine traitor? Bruni, the Medici, and an Aretine conspiracy of 1437.

From: Renaissance Quarterly | Date: December 22, 1998| Author: Field, Arthur | Copyright information

Intellectual and humanist Leonardo Bruni has provoked intense debate among scholars about his political leanings. Bruni is depicted either as a civic humanist ideologue or as a citizen who adapted himself to various political climates. In evaluating his ideology, however, close attention must be paid to the internal political climate existing in Renaissance Florence and his relation to the Medici regime. It is within this context that a document implicating Bruni in a conspiracy to destroy th...

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