The Medici: Citizens and Masters (Villa I Tatti Series)

Synopsis

Preface / John E. Law -- Introduction / Robert Black -- Part 1. Power And Legitimacy. Dominant Cities : Florence, Genoa, Venice, And Their Territories In The Fifteenth Century / Giorgio Chittolini -- Medicean Florence And Beyond : Legitimacy Of Power And Urban Traditions / Gian Maria Varanini -- Communal Traditions And Personal Power In Renaissance Florence : The Medici As Signori / Andrea Zorzi -- Diplomacy, Language, And The Arts Of Power / Melissa Meriam Bullard -- Lorenzo The Magnificent's Regime : Aims, Iimage, And Constitutional Framework / Riccardo Fubini -- Medici And Sforza : Breeds Apart? / Jane Black -- Tuscans And Lombards : The Political Culture Of Officialdom / Marco Gentile -- Piero In Power, 1492-94 : A Balance Sheet For Four Generations Of Medici Control / Alison Brown -- Part Ii. Economic Policy. Medici Economic Policy / Franco Franceschi -- Lorenzo De' Medici And Foreigners : Recommendations And Reprisals / Lorenz Böninger -- Part Iii. Religion And The Church. The Albizzi, The Early Medici, And The Florentine Church, 1375-1460 / David S. Peterson -- Religion And Literature In Oligarchic, Medicean, And Savonarolan Florence / Paolo Orvieto -- A Cardinal In Rome : A Florentine And Medici Ambition / David S. Chambers -- Part Iv. The Medici And Their Image. Patriarchal Ideals, Patronage Practices And The Authority Of Cosimo Il Vecchio / Dale V. Kent -- The Medici : Defenders Of Liberty In Fifteenth-century Florence / Francesco Bausi -- Medicean Theater : Image And Message / Paola Ventrone -- Sound Patrons : The Medici And Florentine Musical Life / Blake Wilson -- The Medici Question : A Rhetorical Special Case? / Stephen J. Milner -- Marking Time : Medici Imagery And Princely Iconography / Alison Wright -- The Politics Of Castellation / Amanda Lillie -- Cosimo De' Medici And Francesco Sforza In Machiavelli's Florentine Histories / John M. Najemy -- Florence And Ferrara : Dynastic Marriage And Politics / Carolyn James. Robert Black And John E. Law, Editors. Most Of These Papers Were Presented At A Conference, Held At Villa I Tatti, Florence, 12-14 October 2011. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 379-418) And Index.