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Poggio Bracciolini

Born

in Terranuova

January 10, 1380

Died

September 24, 1459

Genre

Classics, Philosophy, Science

Influences

classical antiquity

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Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini

"Pogius, rabula adeo indoctus ut etiam si vacaret obscoenitate, tamen indignus esset qui legeretur, adeo autem obscoenus ut etiam si doctissimus fuisset, tam esset a bonis viris reiiciendus." Erasmus, Opus Epistolarum, ed. Allen, Oxford 1906, I, p. 409 (letter to Christopher Fisher, 1505). ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 125 ratings · 15 reviews · 82 distinct works • Similar authors

	Libro de chistes 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1452 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Facetiae Or Jocose Tales of Poggio, Volume 2 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1906 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Facetiae or Jocose Tales of Poggio: Now Translated into English with the Latin Text Volume 1 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lettere. Vol. I: Lettere a Niccolò Niccoli 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1984	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het Pauselijke Leugenpaleis by Poggio Bracciolini, Patrick de Rynck (Translator ) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1470 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	del Piacere di Vivere by Poggio Bracciolini, Cecilia Benedetti (Translator ), Violetta Candiani (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1416 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Leaders and Tyrants by Poggio Bracciolini, Guarino of Verona, Pietro Del Monte 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revival: The Facetiae of Poggio and Other Medieval Story-Tellers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1928 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	¿Convé que un home vell es casi? by Poggio Bracciolini, Susanna Alles Torrent (translator), Ignasi Mascaró Pons (translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vera nobiltà it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Istituto nazionale di studi sul Rinascimento - Carteggi umanistici (3 books)
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“Let us spend our leisure with our books, which will take our minds off these troubles, and will teach us to despise what many people desire.”
― Poggio Bracciolini via Stephen Greenblatt

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“I am determined not to assume the sacerdotal office, for I have seen many men whom I have regarded as persons of good character and liberal dispositions, degenerate into avarice, sloth, and dissipation, in consequence of their introduction into the priesthood”
― Poggio Bracciolini

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“…luckless Poggio vegetated in Constance, far from his friends and patrons, without any prospect of a brighter future.”
- "The Life of Poggio," pg. x in The Facetiae or Jocose Tales of Poggio: Now Translated into English with the Latin Text Volume 1”
― Poggio Bracciolini, The Facetiae Or Jocose Tales of Poggio, Volume 2

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