The memoir of Marco Parenti : a life in Medici Florence / Mark Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Mark, 1946- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parenti, Marco.

Strozzi family.

Medici, House of.

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

Florence (Italy).

Florence (Italy)--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1987.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

For this vivid description of the world of a Florentine patrician, Mark Phillips draws on Marco Parenti's private letters, ricordanze or diaries, and public history or memoir. When Cosimo de' Medici died in 1464, Parenti foresaw a return to liberty and began to write a history, but his political hopes and his literary ambitions foundered when the Medici party won a decisive victory over their patrician enemies in 1466. Despite this setback, Parenti's historical Memoir, recently rediscovered by Mark Phillips, is our best witness to this major crisis in Florentine politics.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Notes On Abbreviations And Sources

Introduction. August 1, 1464: The Death of Cosimo de' Medici

Part 1. Family: Marco Parenti and the Strozzi

Chapter I. Household

Chapter 2. Education and Politics

Chapter 3. The Strozzi

Part II. Politics: Repatriation and Reform 1464-1466

Chapter 4. Winter and Spring: Don Federigo's Visit

Chapter 5. Spring: Between Medici and Pitti

Chapter 6. Summer: The Return Visit

Chapter 7. Autumn: Uncertainty and the Stirrings of Reform

Chapter 8. Matchmaking and Other Troubles

Chapter 9. Fall and Winter: Niccolò Soderini and the Scrutiny Crisis

Chapter 10. The Climax of the Struggle

Part III. History: Marco Parenti's Memoir

Chapter 11. A Critique of Medici Politics: Marco Parenti's Views on Piero and Cosimo

Chapter 12. The "Conspiracy" of 1466: Other Views

Chapter 13. Historiography and the Public World

Appendix. A Note on the Manuscript of JMarco Parenti's Memoir

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781400859931

140085993X

OCLC:

922700637