Florentine patricians and their networks : : structures behind the cultural success and the political representation of the Medici Court (1600-1660) / / by Elisa Goudriaan.

• Author: Goudriaan, Elisa 1981-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Rulers & Elites 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (499 pages) :; illustrations.

In Florentine Patricians and Their Networks , Elisa Goudriaan presents the first comprehensive overview of the cultural world and diplomatic strategies of Florentine patricians in the seventeenth century and the ways in which they contributed as a group to the court culture of the Medici. The author focuses on the patricians' musical, theatrical, literary, and artistic pursuits, and uses these to show how politics, social life, and cultural activities tended to merge in early modern society. Quotations from many archival sources, mainly correspondence, make this book a lively reading experience and offer a new perspective on seventeenth-century Florentine society by revealing the mechanisms behind elite patronage networks, cultural input, recruiting processes, and brokerage activities.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Florentine Patricians and Their Changing Social and Political Position (1530-1670) -- Florentine Patricians in Their Role as Ambassadors and Chamberlains and Their Influence on the Social and Cultural Representation of the Medici in Florence, Rome and at Other Courts -- Patricians as Patrons and Collectors during the Reigns of Ferdinand i, Cosimo ii, the Regents and Ferdinand ii de' Medici -- The Shared Cultural World of the Medici Princes and the Florentine Patricians: Musical Performances, European Networks, and Cultural Academies -- The Brokerage Activities of Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger and the Exchange of Cultural Gifts -- The Patricians' Contribution to Cultural Events the Medici Organised for Public Ceremonies and in Honour of Visiting Guests -- Conclusion -- Archival Sources Referring to Chapter 2 -- Archival Sources Referring to Chapter 4 -- Archival Sources Referring to Chapter 5 -- Archival Sources Referring to Chapter 6.