The Medici controlled fifteenth-century Florence. Other Italian
rulers treated Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492) as an equal. To
his close associates, he was "the boss" ("master of the workshop").
But Lorenzo liked to say that he was just another Florentine
citizen. Were the Medici like the kings, princes, and despots of
contemporary Italy? Or were they just powerful citizens? The
Medici: Citizens and Masters offers a novel, comparative approach
to answering these questions. It sets Medici rule against princely
states such as Milan and Ferrara. It asks how much the Medici
changed Florence and contrasts their supremacy with earlier
Florentine regimes. Its contributors take diverse perspectives,
focusing on politics, political thought, social history, economic
policy, religion and the church, humanism, intellectual history,
Italian literature, theater, festivals, music, imagery,
iconography, architecture, historiography, and marriage. The book
will interest students of history, Renaissance studies, Italian
literature, and art history as well as anyone keen to learn about
one of history's most colorful, influential, and puzzling families.
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