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The Montefeltro conspiracy : a Renaissance mystery decoded / Marcello Simonetta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simonetta, Marcello, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federico, da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482.
- Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484.
- Medici, Giuliano de', 1453-1478.
- Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492.
- Pazzi Conspiracy, 1478.
- History.
- Political participation.
- Enemies.
- Italy--History--15th century.
- Italy.
- Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492--Adversaries.
- Medici, Lorenzo de'.
- Medici, Giuliano de', 1453-1478--Adversaries.
- Medici, Giuliano de'.
- Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484--Political activity.
- Sixtus.
- Federico, da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1422-1482--Political activity.
- Federico.
- Italy--History--15th century--Sources.
- Cryptography.
- Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510--Themes, motives.
- Botticelli, Sandro.
- Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510.
- Themes, motives.
- Politics in art.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 251 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, [2008]
- Summary:
- The Italian Renaissance is remembered as much for intrigue as it is for art, with papal politics and infighting among Italy's many city-states. The attempted assassination of the Medici brothers in Florence in 1478 is one of the best-known examples of the machinations of the age. While the assailants were the Medici's rivals, the Pazzi family, questions have always lingered about who really orchestrated the attack. Five centuries later, Marcello Simonetta, working in a private archive in Italy, stumbled upon a coded letter written by Federico da Montefeltro, the Duke of Urbino, to Pope Sixtus IV, containing proof of a power grab by the Pope for control of Florence. Montefeltro, long believed a close friend of Lorenzo de Medici, was in fact conspiring with the Pope to unseat the Medici. Their failure changed the course of Italian and papal history.--From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Part I Winter 1476-Spring 1478
- 1 Milan Is for Murder 9
- 2 Overly Cautious 24
- 3 Nothing Unsaid 41
- 4 The Invisible Hands 57
- 5 Eliminate Them! 81
- Part II Spring 1478-Summer 1482
- 6 Florence Is for Fear 105
- 7 Extreme Measures 123
- 8 Lives at Stake 141
- 9 Traveling South 156
- 10 Resting in Peace 174
- Part III The Sistine Chapel and Botticelli's Spring
- 11 Ominous Ends 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780385524681
- 0385524684
- OCLC:
- 176951142
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