The life of Poggio Bracciolini

Chapter 22: CHAP. X.

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An extended biographical study traces the scholar's recovery of long-lost classical manuscripts and situates his letters and writings within the broader intellectual revival of his era. The narrative blends documentary research, unpublished correspondence, and edited extracts to reconstruct his career, personal traits, and networks among contemporary learned figures, while also treating the political and ecclesiastical contexts that shaped his activities. The author discusses sources, editorial choices, and critical corrections to earlier biographies, aiming to illuminate both the individual and the literary movements with which he was associated.

CHAP. X.

Sforza deprived of the Marca d’Ancona—Death of Eugenius IV.—Tommaso da Sarzana is elected to the pontificate, and assumes the name of Nicolas V.—State of Italy on the accession of Nicolas V.—Exemplary conduct of that pontiff—Poggio’s inaugural address to Nicolas V.—His dialogues on the Vicissitudes of Fortune, and on Hypocrisy—His invective against the Antipope Felix—His translation of Xenophon’s Cyropædia, and of Diodorus Siculus—His quarrels with George of Trebisond, and Tommaso da Rieti—Celebration of the Jubilee—Publication of Poggio’s Facetiæ—Renewal of hostilities between Poggio and Filelfo—Their reconciliation—Poggio’s Historia disceptativa convivialis—His letter on the study of Law.