Piero di Lorenzo de Medici and the crisis of Renaissance Italy / Alison Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Alison, 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medici, Piero di Lorenzo de', 1472-1503.

Medici, Piero di Lorenzo de'.

Florence (Italy)--Biography.

Florence (Italy).

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Following the life of one man, Piero de' Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent's son, Alison Brown sheds new light on several of the most important themes of Renaissance history and culture by combining political history, the history of ideas, and cultural history. This interdisciplinary study weaves together an understudied period of crisis in Italy which brought down three leading dynasties, the revolution that in turn led to the new political realism of writers like Machiavelli, Guicciardini and Francesco Vettori, and, finally, the transition from the civic culture of the early Renaissance to the courtly or princely culture of the Cinquecento. Focusing on Piero's full life and colourful character, Brown grants us a unique and contextualised insight into the patronage, culture and politics of Renaissance Italy whilst grounding broader trends within the lived experience of Florence's most famous ruling family.

Contents:

Piero's childhood

Family backgrounds

Education under Poliziano's tutelage

Political tyro at home and abroad, 1484-86

Marrying into the Roman aristocracy, 1487-88

The choice of Hercules : between duty and pleasure, 1488-89

Piero as Lorenzo's deputy, 1490-91

Cultural patronage and sportsmanship

Ruling as patrons in Florence's dominium and beyond

Lorenzo's death and its aftermath, 1492

Balancing power in Italy, 1493

The Viper with its tail in Florence, 1493

The crux :1494

The French Descent

Revolution in Florence

Perambulating Italy, 1494-97

'Contamination in the labyrinth' : networking in exile

The Last Years, 1498-1503

Piero's burial and legacy

Power and legitimacy in Renaissance Italy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Dec 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-80380-6

1-108-80693-7

1-108-78379-1

9781108783798