On the Donation of Constantine
Title | On the Donation of Constantine PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Valla |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674030893 |
Valla (1407-1457) was the most important theorist of the humanist movement. His most famous work is the present volume, an oration in which Valla uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule.
"Donation of Constantine" and "Constitutum Constantini"
Title | "Donation of Constantine" and "Constitutum Constantini" PDF eBook |
Author | Johannes Fried |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2012-02-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3110902230 |
The Donation of Constantine is the most outrageous and powerful forgery in world history. The question of its precise time of origin alone kept generations of researchers occupied. But, what exactly is the Donation of Constantine? To find the answer, it is necessary to approach the question on two different semantic levels: First, as the Constitutum Constantini, a fictitious privilege, in which, among other things, rights and presents were bestowed on the catholic church by a grateful Emperor Konstantin. Secondly, as a reflection of the Middle Age mindset, becoming part of the culture landscape midway through 11th century A.D. The author not only reinterprets the origin of this forgery (i.e. puts it down to the Franks’ opposition of Emperor Louis the Pious), but retells, as well, the history of its misinterpretation since the High Middle Ages. In an appendix, all relevant texts are printed in the original language, an English translation is provided.
The Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine
Title | The Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Valla |
Publisher | |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Constitutum Constantini |
ISBN |
The Profession of the Religious and Selections from The Falsely-believed and Forged Donation of Constantine
Title | The Profession of the Religious and Selections from The Falsely-believed and Forged Donation of Constantine PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Valla |
Publisher | Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780969751236 |
The Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine, Text and Translation Into English
Title | The Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine, Text and Translation Into English PDF eBook |
Author | Lorenzo Valla |
Publisher | |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Constitutum Constantini |
ISBN |
Constantine the Great and Christianity
Title | Constantine the Great and Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Bush Coleman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Constitutum Constantini |
ISBN |
The Donation of Constantine
Title | The Donation of Constantine PDF eBook |
Author | Anonymous |
Publisher | |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 2019-05-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781099617195 |
The Donation of Constantine (Latin: Donatio Constantini) is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope.