The Medicean Succession: Monarchy and Sacral Politics in Duke Cosimo Dei Medici's Florence
(Part of the I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Series)
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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 would act as figurehead, leaving the senate to manage political affairs. But Cosimo never acted as a puppet. Instead, by the time of his death in 1574, he...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674725476
ISBN13:9780674725478
Release Date:March 2014
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.7"
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