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Italian Renaissance humanist (c. 1407–1457)
Also known as: Laurence Valla, Laurentius Valla, Laurentius Vallensis, Lorenzo della Valle, Лоренцо Валла, لورينزو فالا
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- The Profession of the Religious and Selections from the Falsely-Believed and Forged Donation of Constantine (Vol. 1)
- De vero falsoque bono (1519)
- De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio (1879)
- The profession of the religious and the principal arguments from the falsely-believed and forged donation of Constantine (1985)
- Laurentii Valle De professione religiosorum