Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of
the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of
his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well.
His early dialogue on the subject of love greatly influenced the
development of the literary vernacular, as did his "Prose della
volgar lingua" (1525). From 1513 to 1521 he served Pope Leo X as
Latin secretary and became known as the leading advocate of
Ciceronian Latin in Europe and of the Tuscan dialect within Italy.
He was named official historian of Venice in 1529 and began to
compose in Latin his continuation of the city's history in twelve
books, covering the years from 1487 to 1513. Although the work
chronicles internal politics and events, much of it is devoted to
the external affairs of Venice, principally conflicts with other
European states (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan, and
the papacy) and with the Turks in the East. The "History of Venice"
was published after Bembo's death, in Latin and in his own Italian
version. This edition, in a projected three volumes, makes it
available for the first time in English translation.
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