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Cover -- Conspiracy Literature In Early Renaissance Italy: Historiography And Princely Ideology -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures -- List Of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I.1 Fifteenth-century Literature On Conspiracies: A Thematic And Political Genre -- I.2 The Prince In Literature On Plots: Power And Resistance In The Literary Realm -- I.3 The Classical Tradition And Crossovers Between Humanist Historiography And Political Literature -- I.4 Texts On Political Plots: A Multifaceted Corpus Chapter 1: Orazio Romano's Porcaria: Humanist Epic As A Vehicle For Papal-princely Ideology -- 1.1 Orazio Romano And The Composition Of The Poem -- 1.2 Stefano Porcari And The Conspiracy Against Nicholas V -- 1.3 Poetry As Literary Transposition Of The Topic Of Conspiracy -- 1.4 Classical Legacy And Latin Sources In The Porcaria -- 1.5 The 'papal Prince' And The Political Perspective In The Poem -- 1.6 The Eclectic Use Of The Classical Legacy And A New Political Symbolism -- Chapter 2: Leon Battista Alberti's Porcaria Coniuratio: The Epistle As An Unresolved Reflectionon The Political Plot 2.1 Alberti And The Porcaria Coniuratio -- 2.2 The Epistle As Historical Writing: The Conflation Of Literary Genres -- 2.3 Classical Theoretical Models: Alberti's View Of History -- 2.4 Thematic And Stylistic Models: A Sallustian Conspiracy -- 2.5 'eclectic Classicism' In Alberti's Language -- 2.6 The Rhetorical Construction Of An Unsettled Political Dialogue -- 2.7 The Disapproval Of Res Novae And The 'iciarchical' Image Of Power -- Chapter 3: Giovanni Pontano's De Bello Neapolitano: The Historia Of The Conspiracy In Political Theory 3.1 Pontano The Historian, The Royal Secretary, And The Theorist Of Politics And Historiography -- 3.2 Pontano's Models And The Development Of Political Historiography -- 3.3 Conspiracy, Obedience, And Kingship In Pontano's Political Theory -- 3.4 The Barons And The Crime Of Disobedience -- 3.5 The Loyal Noble