Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolo Machiavelli : : Patron, Client, and the Pistola fatta per la peste/An Epistle Written Concerning the Plague / / William J. Landon.
By 1520, Niccolò Machiavelli's life in Florence was steadily improving: he had achieved a degree of literary fame, and, following his removal from the Florentine Chancery by the Medici family, he had managed to gain their respect and patronage. But there is one figure whose substantial contribu...
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| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- In Memoriam
- Notes on Translations and Editions Used
- Introduction: An Interpretive Essay
- 1. The Life of Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi: An Overview
- 2. Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolò Machiavelli
- 3. A History of the Pistola fatta per la peste: Its Manuscripts and Publication History, and a Close Reading of the Text
- Conclusion: Pistola, Patron, Client, and the Proposed Strozzi Marriage of 1525
- Figures
- Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi's Pistola fatta per la peste: An Italian Edition and an English Translation
- Appendix 1: Banco Rari 29 Supplemental Transcriptions Related to, but Not Part of, the Pistola fatta per la peste
- Appendix 2: Francesco Zeffi's "Vita" of Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi
- Appendix 3: A Recipe for an Antidote against the Plague by Mengo Bianchelli
- Appendix 4: Niccolò Machiavelli's Minuta di Provvisione per la Riforma dello Stato di Firenze L'Anno 1522
- Bibliography
- Index