Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Brown, Alison (1934-....)
Titre(s) : Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and the crisis of Renaissance Italy [Texte imprimé] / Alison Brown
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-338 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 308-324 and index
"This biography brings to life an important but little known Renaissance figure and
also fills a gap in the history of Florence and Italy after the death of Lorenzo il
Magnifico in 1492. As Lorenzo's eldest son, Piero enjoyed two years in power as Florence's
unofficial ruler before the French invasion of 1494 brought down his regime and led
to his nine-year exile. Although condemned as a tyrant and criticized for his princely
behaviour as an Orsini, his life and letters reveal an interesting but divided personality:
clever and cultured as a scholar, confidant as a patron and sportsman, but diffident
as a city-politician and often cowardly in times of crisis. He provides a valuable
lens through which to view many aspects of Renaissance society - its social life and
marriage rituals, its art, music and cultural patronage, its sports - and especially
its politics. As well as shedding new light on his father's double politics, which
Piero continued, his life suggests how in less fraught times he might have provided
Florence's expanding state with the new sort of leader it needed, more of a patron
and mediator than a city politician or prince"
Sujet(s) : Médicis, Pierre de (1472-1503)
Politique et gouvernement -- Florence (Italie) -- 1421-1737
Indice(s) Dewey :
945.505 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Italie - Toscane (région) - 1348-1494
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108783798. - ISBN 1108783791. - ISBN 9781108489461 (erroné). - ISBN 9781108746571
(erroné). - ISBN 9781108806930. - ISBN 1108806937. - ISBN 110848946X (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465429108
Notice n° :
FRBNF46542910
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Piero's childhood ; Family backgrounds ; Education under Poliziano's tutelage
; Political tyro at home and abroad, 1484-1486 ; Marrying into the Roman aristocracy,
1487-1488 ; The choice of Hercules : between duty and pleasure, 1488-1489 ; 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', 1493-1494
; The crux, 1494 ; The French Descent ; Revolution in Florence ; Perambulating
Italy, 1494-1497 ; 'Contamination in the labyrinth' : networking in exile ; The
Last Years, 1498-1503 ; Piero's burial and legacy ; Power and legitimacy in Renaissance
Italy.
