TY - BOOK ID - 136039560 TI - Political meritocracy in Renaissance Italy : the virtuous republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena. PY - 2023 SN - 0674293304 PB - Boston : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Ethics, Renaissance. KW - Humanism KW - Philosophy, Renaissance. KW - Political ethics KW - Political science KW - History KW - History KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - Patrizi, Francesco, KW - absolutism. KW - architecture. KW - aristocracy. KW - aristotle. KW - cicero. KW - constitution. KW - democracy. KW - eloquence. KW - florence. KW - gaeta. KW - humanities. KW - ideal city. KW - legitimacy. KW - monarchy. KW - moral economy. KW - naples. KW - oligarchy. KW - plato. KW - pope pius ii. KW - regime. KW - rhetoric. KW - sparta. KW - tyranny. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136039560 AB - James Hankins offers the first full-length study of Francesco Patrizi's life and thought. A key but largely forgotten Renaissance thinker, Patrizi wrote influentially on "virtue politics," with the goal of nurturing citizens' character and education so societies could effectively balance demands of liberty, equality, and merit-based leadership. ER -