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- Title
The Invention of Personality in Valla's De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione.
- Authors
Pfeiffer, Douglas
- Abstract
A literary critique is presented of the essay "De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione" (On the Falsely-Believed and Forged Donation of Constantine) by Lorenzo Valla, in which Valla exposes the forgery of the imperial degree the "Constitutum Constantini" (Donation of Constantine). The author discusses Valla's use of fiction to expose truth, his use of inflammatory language against the forgers, and his use of personality, or "ethos," and logic.
- Subjects
VALLA, Lorenzo, 1407-1457; CONSTITUTUM Constantini; FORGERY; PERSONALITY in literature; ETHOS (The Greek word); LOGIC
- Publication
MLN, 2012, Vol 127, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
0026-7910
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/mln.2012.0045