The Medicean Succession : : Monarchy and Sacral Politics in Duke Cosimo dei Medici’s Florence /

The Medicean Succession : : Monarchy and Sacral Politics in Duke Cosimo dei Medici’s Florence / / Gregory Murry.

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In 1537, Florentine Duke Alessandro dei Medici was murdered by his cousin and would-be successor, Lorenzino dei Medici. Lorenzino's treachery forced him into exile, however, and the Florentine senate accepted a compromise candidate, seventeen-year-old Cosimo dei Medici. The senate hoped Cosimo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014
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Murry, Gregory,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1 halftone, 6 graphs
Language:English
Series:I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 1 halftone, 6 graphs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • PROLOGUE: THE SCENE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. THE FAMILIARITY OF TERRESTRIAL DIVINITY
  • CHAPTER 2. DIVINE RIGHT RULE AND THE PROVIDENTIAL WORLDVIEW
  • CHAPTER 3. RESCUING VIRTUE FROM MACHIAVELLI
  • CHAPTER 4. PRINCE OR PATRONE?
  • CHAPTER 5. COSIMO AND SAVONAROLAN REFORM
  • CHAPTER 6. DEFENSE OF THE SACRED
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX: GLOSSARY OF NAMES
  • SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INDEX

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