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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Buchr�cken ausgeblichen, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / Spine faded, otherwise perfect condition - The Renaissance popes were among the most enlightened and generous patrons of arts and letters in the Europe of their day. The diaries of Pius n give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. Pius n (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a famous Latin poet and diplomat. Originally an opponent of the papacy as well as something of a libertine, Aeneas eventually reconciled himself with the Roman church and became a priest, then a cardinal. Finally he was elected Pope Pius 11 (1458) and dedicated his pontificate to organizing a pan-European crusade against the Ottoman Empire. Pius�s Commentaries, the only autobiography ever written by a pope, was composed in elegant humanistic Latin modeled on Caesar and Cicero. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius�s lifetime and an updated and corrected version of the 1937 translation by Florence Alden Gragg. ISBN 9780674011649