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Flee the loathsome shadow: Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) and the Medici in Florence

November 9, 2014 By Medievalists.net

Marsilio Ficino - (c) Walker Art Gallery; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

This article examines the changing political landscape of Medicean Florence, from Cosimo de’ Medici (1389-1464) to his grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492), through the letters of the celebrated neo-Platonist philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99).

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Astronomy, Cosimo de' Medici, Early Modern, Fifteenth Century, Florence, Humanism, Italy, Late Middle Ages, Lorenzo de' Medici, Marsilio Ficino, Medici, Merchants, Philosophy, Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (the Gouty), Politics, Renaissance, Theology

BOOKS: The Feuding Families of Medieval and Renaissance Italy

March 15, 2014 By Medievalists.net

The House of Medici - Its Rise and Fall

Put down the Godfather, turn off the Sorpanos, and check out the real Italian families of Medieval and Renaissance Italy!

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Banking, Beatrice d’Este, Borghese, Calixtus III, Caterina Sforza Countess of Forli, Cesare Borgia, Christianity, Clarice Orsini, Colonna, Commerce, Cosimo de' Medici, della Rovere, Early Modern, Economics - Urban, Fifteenth Century, Florence, Gender, Ghibellines, Giulia Farnese, Guelphs, Isabella d’Este, Isabella of Aragon/Naples Duchess of Milan, Italy, Late Middle Ages, Lorenzo de' Medici, Lucrezia Borgia, Machiavelli, Marriage, Medici, Medieval Women, Milan, Orsini, Papacy, Political Thought, Politics, Pope Alexander VI, Renaissance, Rome, Sforza, Sixteenth Century, Social History, Spain, The Borgias, The Italian Wars 1494 - 1559, The Prince, Urban Studies