The treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine
by Lorenzo Valla
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The Donation of Constantine is the most famous forgery in European history. Written in the eighth century, it was allegedly a fourth-century document by which the Emperor Constantine the Great gave extensive privileges and property to Pope Sylvester I. This document was accepted as genuine for seven centuries and was cited by at least ten popes in contentions for the recognition of papal control. Lorenzo Valla's 1440 treatise established the Donation of Constantine was forged, and made him a pioneer of modern historical criticism. The reprint is of the 1922 edition of Valla's treatise and presents the Latin text and English translation of it and the forged donation document on facing pages.
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Laurentii Vallae De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio
1994, In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri
in Latin
- Editio stereotypa editionis primae (1928)
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La donation de Constantin: (sur la Donation de Constantin, à lui faussement attribuée et mensongère)
1993, Les Belles Lettres
in French
2251339205 9782251339207
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The treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine
1993, University of Toronto Press in association with the Renaissance Society of America
in English and Latin
080207734X 9780802077349
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De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio: a cura di Pio Ciprotti.
1967, A. Giuffrè
in Latin
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The treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine
1922, Yale University Press
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The treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine: text and translation into English
1922, Yale University Press
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