On the Government of Rulers: De Regimine Principum

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On the Government of Rulers De Regiminc Principum PtolemyofLucca with portions attributed to Thomas Aquinas translated by [ames M. Blythe' PENN University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia Copyright © 1997University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6097 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bartholomew, of Lucca, ca. 1236-1327. [De regimine principum. English] On the government of rulers : De regimine principum / Ptolemy of Lucca; with portions attributed to Thomas Aquinas; translated by James M. Blythe. p. em. - (The Middle Ages series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8122-3370-0(alk.paper) 1.Political science- Early works to 1800. I. Blythe, James M., 1948- . II. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.De regno, ad regem Cypri. English. III. Title. IV. Series. JC121.B2813 1997 320.1'01-dc21 97-2015 CIP ...