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The Medicean Succession : Monarchy and Sacral Politics in Duke Cosimo Dei Medici's Florence.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (360 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674416192
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Medicean SuccessionDDC classification:
  • 945.507092
LOC classification:
  • DG738
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Prologue: The Scene -- Introduction -- 1. The Familiarity of Terrestrial Divinity -- 2. Divine Right Rule and the Providential Worldview -- 3. Rescuing Virtue from Machiavelli -- 4. Prince or Patrone? Cosimo as Ecclesiastical Patron -- 5. Cosimo and Savonarolan Reform -- 6. Defense of the Sacred -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Glossary of Names -- Sources and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Cosimo dei Medici stabilized ducal finances, secured his borders, doubled his territory, attracted scholars and artists to his court, academy, and universities, and dissipated fractious Florentine politics. These triumphs were far from a foregone conclusion, as Gregory Murry shows in this study of how Cosimo crafted his image as a sacral monarch.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Prologue: The Scene -- Introduction -- 1. The Familiarity of Terrestrial Divinity -- 2. Divine Right Rule and the Providential Worldview -- 3. Rescuing Virtue from Machiavelli -- 4. Prince or Patrone? Cosimo as Ecclesiastical Patron -- 5. Cosimo and Savonarolan Reform -- 6. Defense of the Sacred -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Glossary of Names -- Sources and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Cosimo dei Medici stabilized ducal finances, secured his borders, doubled his territory, attracted scholars and artists to his court, academy, and universities, and dissipated fractious Florentine politics. These triumphs were far from a foregone conclusion, as Gregory Murry shows in this study of how Cosimo crafted his image as a sacral monarch.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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