The treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine
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The treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine brings together a text and an English translation around questions of papal authority and historical criticism. The introduction calls the Donation of Constantine the most famous forgery in European history and places that subject alongside the study of Lorenzo Valla. A declaration in the text relinquishes a palace, Rome and the provinces, places and cities of Italy and the western regions to Sylvester.
The declaration grants control to the pontiff and his successors and says that these territories shall remain under the law of the holy Roman church. The argument also asserts that Popes have held Rome by force of arms and that the city has rebelled whenever it could.
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- Author
- Lorenzo Valla
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 126
- Language
- English
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- European History
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