Political exiles were a prominent feature of political life in Renaissance Italy, often a source of intense concern to the states from which they were banished,

A systematic analysis of the role of exiles in the political life of fifteenth-century Italy, first published in 2000.

This book provides the first systematic analysis of the role of exiles in the political life of fifteenth-century Italy. It also provides fresh perspectives on

A wide ranging survey of the political principles which underlay, or were used to justify, political proposals and decisions in Renaissance Italy.

Students of the Italian Renaissance who wish to go beyond the standard names and subjects will find in this text abundant information on the lives, customs, bel