#  The Patrizi Project 

 



## **Welcome • Benvenuto!**

**This site is devoted to Francesco Patrizi of Siena (1413-1494), the greatest political philosopher of the fifteenth century, and the principal exponent of the ‘virtue politics’ of Renaissance humanism.**

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***Effects of Good Government in the City, Ambrogio Lorenzetti - 1338-1339***
#### ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  
  
Creation of this website was made possible by a grant from  
the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University.  
  
The Patrizi Project has also received valuable support from  
the [Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University](https://www.theihs.org/).



 

#####  • NOW AVAILABLE • 

 



  [### Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy. The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena

 ](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674274709) 

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  [### Patrizi's Poematum libri IV

 ](/texts)**Recently published here!**  
[Patrizi's Poematum libri IV,](/texts "Texts")  
edited by [Caroline Engelmayer](/people/caroline-engelmayer "Caroline  Engelmayer")



 

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