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Konrad Eisenbichler

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Description:When he suddenly came to power in Italy in 1537, the young Duke Cosimo I de' Medici amazed friends and foes alike with his ability to extricate himself from mortal danger, affirm his authority and revive a dying state. He doubled the size of his duchy and established a dynasty that ruled unchallenged for 200 years. This volume is the first book-length study in any language to approach the figure of Duke Cosimo I from the point of view of his cultural agenda. The contributors examine the political, economic, cultural and linguistic strategies that made Cosimo a successful leader, and in the process illuminate the cultural world of mid-sixteenth-century Tuscany.Contents:Introduction / Konrad Eisenbichler --Francesco Vettori, Francesco Guicciardini and Cosimo I: the Prince after Machiavelli / Marcello Simonetta --A Republic in Jeopardy: Cosimo I de' Medici and the Republic of Lucca / Mary Hewlett --Cosimo I and the Anglo-French Negotiations of 1550 / Laura E. Hunt --Cellini's Trial for Sodomy: Power and Patronage at the Court of Cosimo I / Margaret A. Gallucci --Lessons from the Past: the Palazzo Medici as Political 'Mentor' in Sixteenth-Century Florence / Roger J. Crum --Claiming a Place in History: Giorgio Vasari's Ragionamenti and the Primacy of the Medici / Paola Tinagli --Cosimo's Cavallo: a Study in Imperial Imagery / Mary Weitzel Gibbons --Lorenzo Torrentino and the Cultural Programme of Cosimo I de' Medici / Antonio Ricci --The Reception of Dante in the Time of Cosimo I / Mary Alexandra Watt --Fasseli gratia per poetessa: Duke Cosimo I de' Medici's Role in the Florentine Literary Circle of Tullia d'Aragona / Deana Basile --Cosimo and Eleonora in Shepherdland: a Lost Eclogue by Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati / Victoria Kirkham --The Accademia del Disegno and Fellowships of Discourse at the Court of Cosimo I de' Medici / Karen-edis Barzman --Ritual and Parody in Mid-Cinquecento Florence: Cosimo de' Medici and the Accademia del Piano / Domenico Zanre --An Experimental Culture: the Art of the Economy and the Economy of Art under Cosimo I and Francesco I / Philip Gavitt.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Cultural Politics of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici. To get started finding The Cultural Politics of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: When he suddenly came to power in Italy in 1537, the young Duke Cosimo I de' Medici amazed friends and foes alike with his ability to extricate himself from mortal danger, affirm his authority and revive a dying state. He doubled the size of his duchy and established a dynasty that ruled unchallenged for 200 years. This volume is the first book-length study in any language to approach the figure of Duke Cosimo I from the point of view of his cultural agenda. The contributors examine the political, economic, cultural and linguistic strategies that made Cosimo a successful leader, and in the process illuminate the cultural world of mid-sixteenth-century Tuscany.Contents:Introduction / Konrad Eisenbichler --Francesco Vettori, Francesco Guicciardini and Cosimo I: the Prince after Machiavelli / Marcello Simonetta --A Republic in Jeopardy: Cosimo I de' Medici and the Republic of Lucca / Mary Hewlett --Cosimo I and the Anglo-French Negotiations of 1550 / Laura E. Hunt --Cellini's Trial for Sodomy: Power and Patronage at the Court of Cosimo I / Margaret A. Gallucci --Lessons from the Past: the Palazzo Medici as Political 'Mentor' in Sixteenth-Century Florence / Roger J. Crum --Claiming a Place in History: Giorgio Vasari's Ragionamenti and the Primacy of the Medici / Paola Tinagli --Cosimo's Cavallo: a Study in Imperial Imagery / Mary Weitzel Gibbons --Lorenzo Torrentino and the Cultural Programme of Cosimo I de' Medici / Antonio Ricci --The Reception of Dante in the Time of Cosimo I / Mary Alexandra Watt --Fasseli gratia per poetessa: Duke Cosimo I de' Medici's Role in the Florentine Literary Circle of Tullia d'Aragona / Deana Basile --Cosimo and Eleonora in Shepherdland: a Lost Eclogue by Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati / Victoria Kirkham --The Accademia del Disegno and Fellowships of Discourse at the Court of Cosimo I de' Medici / Karen-edis Barzman --Ritual and Parody in Mid-Cinquecento Florence: Cosimo de' Medici and the Accademia del Piano / Domenico Zanre --An Experimental Culture: the Art of the Economy and the Economy of Art under Cosimo I and Francesco I / Philip Gavitt.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Cultural Politics of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici. To get started finding The Cultural Politics of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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