The Medicean succession : monarchy and sacral politics in Duke Cosimo dei Medici's Florence /

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Main Description: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 sen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murry, Gregory, 1982-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2014]
Series:I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
Subjects:
Cosimo > I, > Grand-Duke of Tuscany, > 1519-1574.
Medici, House of.
Maison des Médicis.
Cosimo > I, > Grand-Duke of Tuscany, > 1519-1574
Medici, House of
1421-1737
Monarchy > Italy > Tuscany > History > 16th century.
Divine right of kings.
Droit divin des rois.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Divine right of kings
Kings and rulers
Monarchy
Politics and government
Florence (Italy) > Politics and government > 1421-1737.
Tuscany (Italy) > Politics and government > 1434-1737.
Florence (Italy) > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Tuscany (Italy) > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Florence (Italie) > Administration > 1421-1737.
Toscane (Italie) > Politique et gouvernement > 1434-1737.
Italy > Florence
Italy > Tuscany
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The familiarity of terrestrial divinity
  • Divine right rule and the providential worldview
  • Rescuing virtue from Machiavelli
  • Prince or patrone? Cosimo as an ecclesiastical patron
  • Cosimo and Savonarolan reform
  • Defense of the sacred.

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