EI Weekly Listen — Maurizio Viroli on the virtues of the city-state

September 24, 2021

The early modern Italian republics are often portrayed as models of bad government. But the fusion of civic humanism and Christianity they championed endures to this day. Read by Leighton Pugh.

Detail of the fresco by Ambrogio Lorenzetti of 'Good Government' in the Sala della Pace in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. Credit: Alinari Archives/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images