| A Companion to Cosimo I De' Medici Contributor(s): Assonitis, Alessio (Editor), Van Veen, Henk Th (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004339779 ISBN-13: 9789004339774 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $227.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - Art | History - Renaissance - Political Science |
| Physical Information: 660 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mining the rich documentary sources housed in Tuscan archives and taking advantage of the breadth and depth of scholarship produced in recent years, the seventeen essays in this Companion to Cosimo I de' Medici provide a fresh and systematic overview of the life and career of the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, with special emphasis on Cosimo I's education and intellectual interests, cultural policies, political vision, institutional reforms, diplomatic relations, religious beliefs, military entrepreneurship, and dynastic concerns. Contributors: Maurizio Arfaioli, Alessio Assonitis, Nicholas Scott Baker, Sheila Barker, Stefano Calonaci, Brendan Dooley, Daniele Edigati, Sheila ffolliott, Catherine Fletcher, Andrea Gáldy, Fernando Loffredo, Piergabriele Mancuso, Jessica Maratsos, Carmen Menchini, Oscar Schiavone, Marcello Simonetta, and Henk Th. van Veen. |