Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
History
Date of Award
5-2013
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Dr. Brian Maxson
Committee Members
Dr. Newcomer, Dr. Burgess
Abstract
During the Italic Wars, the Italian peninsula experienced foreign invasions and internal discord between rivaling duchies and city-states. Florence and Venice both faced internal and external discord due to the constant wars and political in fighting. Venetian Pietro Bembo wrote historical accounts of this period during the Renaissance. His contemporaries, Marino Sanudo, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Francesco Guicciardini, also wrote historical accounts of this time. My research spotlights Bembo’s history of the Venetian Republic. This history was written in a supposedly objective fashion, yet, scholarship shows that historical writing from this time contained bias. I focused on Bembo because there is a lack of scholarship that looks at his historical writings. This bias can be linked with the socio-political ties these men had. Examining his accounts of historical events and comparing them with the other three historians, Bembo’s slanted accounts illustrate the effect and importance of having a strong patronage network.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Lizee, Zachary M., "Pietro Bembo’s Bias: Patronage, History, and the Italic Wars" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1156. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1156
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
Included in
European History Commons, Other Italian Language and Literature Commons, Other Rhetoric and Composition Commons