André Blondet agreement, 1552.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Blondet, André.

Contributor:

North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

Language:

French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Subjects (All):

Piccolomini, Pomponio de Bartolomei.

France--History--Henry II, 1547-1559.

France.

History.

Siena (Italy)--History--1355-1557.

Genre:

financial records

legal documents

Manuscripts, French.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by and Sir Thomas Phillipps (part of ms. 20709).

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf)

Contained In:

Piccolomini Family Papers. Folder 86

Place of Publication:

1552.

Language Note:

In Middle French.

Biography/History:

French royal treasurer and counselor to King Henry II.

Summary:

Agreement dated January 17, 1552, that André Blondet will lend Pomponio de Bartolomei Piccolomini money in order to free Siena from the Spaniards. Document has been somewhat torn. During the time this was written, the Spanish ruled Siena, until certain expatriates in Rome, led by Aeneas Piccolomini, began to negotiate with the French king for money and men. Receiving both, they marched on Siena on July 26, 1552. The townspeople also revolted, and the Siena was retaken from the Spanish for the time being.

Cited in:

From collection described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), Supplement A (2). Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 30-32 (Ms. Lea 446).

OCLC:

468795734