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This is a reprint of the classic book by Lorenzo Valla, "On the Donation of Constantine". Lorenzo (or Laurentius) Valla (c.1407 – 1 August 1457) was an Italian humanist, rhetorician, educator and Catholic priest. He is best known for his textual analysis that proved that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery. 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. Composed probably in the 8th century, it was used, especially in the 13th century, in support of claims of political authority by the papacy. Lorenzo Valla, an Italian Catholic priest and Renaissance humanist, is credited with first exposing the forgery with solid philological arguments in 1439–1440, although the document's authenticity had been repeatedly contested since 1001. In many of the existing manuscripts (handwritten copies of the document), including the oldest one, the document bears the title Constitutum domini Constantini imperatoris. The, Donation of Constantine was included in the 9th century Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals collection.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1975977459
- ISBN 13 9781975977450
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages186
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