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Epistolario di Coluccio Salutati (Vol. 1)
Coluccio Salutati; ed. Francesco Novati
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The 'Epistolario di Coluccio Salutati', edited by Francesco Novati (1891-1911), is a monumental collection of Salutati's Latin letters. Extensive searches across scholarly catalogs (UNESCO, Google Books, Internet Archive) confirm that while individual letters or specific treatises by Salutati have been translated into English (e.g., 'Political Writings', 'On the World and Religious Life'), there is no complete or partial English translation of the 'Epistolario' itself. It remains a primary source collection in its original Latin.
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Coluccio Salutati writes as the powerful chancellor of Florence, yet his letters reveal a man grappling with the raw tension between political necessity and personal morality. You will discover how one of the Renaissance's most influential minds navigated the plague, the danger of tyrants, and the duty to live for something greater than oneself.