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The duke's assassin: exile and death of Lorenzino de' Medici

By Donald , Dall'Aglio , Stefano;House of Medici;Medici , Lorenzino de';Weinstein

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780300189780, 9780300213584, 0300213581
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2448268 bytes)
Pages
illustrations (black and white)\321
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Stefano Dall'Aglio sheds new light on the notorious Florentine Lorenzino de' Medici (also known as Lorenzaccio) and on two of the most infamous assassinations in Italian Renaissance history. In 1537 Lorenzino changed the course of history by murdering Alessandro de' Medici, first duke of Florence, and paving the way for the accession of the new duke, Cosimo I. In 1548 Lorenzino was killed in Venice in revenge for the assassination. The events surrounding these murders, which Dall'Aglio reconstructs, involved the Medici, their loyalists, Florentine republican exiles, and some of the most powerful sovereigns of the time.

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