Cosimo I de' Medici petitions, financial documents, and correspondence, 1519-1571.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.

Contributor:

Medici, Bivigliano de'.

Medici, Fabrizio de'.

De' Medici, Luigi, principe di Ottaviano, 1759-1830.

Medici, Niccolò de'.

Medici, Carlo de'.

Language:

Italian

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Monte di pietà (Florence, Italy).

Arte della lana (Guild : Florence, Italy).

Merchants--Italy.

Merchants.

Banks and banking--Italy--Florence--History.

Banks and banking.

Mints--Italy.

Mints.

Accounting--Italy--16th century.

Accounting.

Slave trade--Italy--16th century.

Slave trade.

History.

Florence (Italy)--Foreign relations--Spain.

Florence (Italy).

Florence (Italy)--Foreign relations--Portugal.

Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1421-1737.

Florence (Italy)--History--1421-1737--Economic aspects.

Italy.

Italy--Florence.

Genre:

Financial documents.

Accounts.

Receipts (financial records)

Petitions.

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Physical Description:

19 items (22 leaves)

Contained In:

House of Medici Papers. Folders 75-76

Place of Publication:

1519-1571.

Language Note:

In Italian and Spanish.

Biography/History:

Husband of Eleonora of Toledo, and father of Maria, Francesco I, Isabella, Giovanni, Lucrezia, Pietro, Garzia, Antonio, and Ferdinando I de' Medici.

Summary:

Petitions (Folder 76) to Cosimo I, grand-duke of Tuscany, written by members of the Medici family as well as other Florentine citizens, concerning a wide range of topics (e.g. tax and debt cancellation; disputes between the Arte della lana and merchants; slave trade with Portugal and Spain; controversies between family members, usually related to money lending activities), financial documents (mostly accounts, credit records, and receipts), and a small number of personal letters (Folder 75), primarily from Carlo de' Medici.

OCLC:

720623839