Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I The Roman Princeps; CHAPTER 1 The Roman theory of monarchy; PART II The Roman Theory and the Formation of the Renaissance Princeps; CHAPTER 2 The pre-humanist formation of the Renaissance princeps; PART III The Humanist Princeps in the Trecento; CHAPTER 3 Royal humanism in the Regnum Siciliae; CHAPTER 4 Princely humanism in the Italian civitas; PART IV The Humanist Princeps from the Quattrocento to the High Renaissance; CHAPTER 5 Princeps, rex, imperator; PART V The Machiavellian Attack
Summary
Stacey traces the formative impact of Seneca's political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-331) and index
