After Civic Humanism: Learning and Politics in Renaissance Italy ed. by Nicholas Scott Baker and Brian Jeffrey Maxson

A critical reassessment of Hans Baron's influential thesis on civic humanism in Renaissance Italy, challenging its binary view of republican and monarchical regimes. The edited volume, 'After Civic Humanism: Learning and Politics in Renaissance Italy,' expands the focus beyond Florence to include Padua and Venice, arguing that humanists across different political systems contributed to the formation of modern state ideas. It also explores the interconnectedness of learning and politics, moving away from Baron's emphasis on republican liberty alone. The collection includes analyses of key figures like Jacob Burckhardt and J.G.A. Pocock, who influenced Baron's work, and reinterprets 'civic humanism' in fourteenth-century political thought.

Loira, J. P. (2016). After Civic Humanism: Learning and Politics in Renaissance Italy ed. by Nicholas Scott Baker and Brian Jeffrey Maxson. Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 47(1), 242–245. https://doi.org/10.1353/cjm.2016.0022