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. His place in Florentine history, however, changes
drastically when we focus not on his final years but on his
extensive career as a Medici favourite and loyal financier. At the
courts of the Medici popes he furthered the grandiose schemes of
Leo X and Clement VII and accumulated a personal fortune of
legendary size. Dr Bullard's study reassesses Strozzi's place in
Renaissance history and considers the more general problems of
paper economy and war finance, and Florentine political life, in
the early sixteenth century. It documents the intricate financial
ties between Florence and the papal court, and Strozzi's key role
as a manipulator of the city's public funds to pay for papal wars.
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