Filippo Strozzi and the Medici - Favor and Finance in Sixteenth-Century Florence and Rome

Klappentext Filippo Strozzi (1489 1538)! the Florentine aristocrat and banker! is usually remembered for the dramatic exploits at the end of his life. Zusammenfassung Filippo Strozzi (1489–1538), the Florentine aristocrat and banker, is usually remembered for the dramatic exploits at the end of his life. Forced into exile, he became an outspoken defender of the last Florentine Republic against the tyranny of the city's new dukes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Filippo Strozzi's Florence; 3. Marriage intrigues; 4. Rise to favour; 5. Depositor general of the Apostolic Chamber; 6. War finance and Florentine public funds; 7. Financier to Clement VII; 8. Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Meriam Bullard, Bullard Melissa Meriam
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521088169
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08816-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Italy, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600