The Medicean succession : monarchy and sacral politics in Duke Cosimo dei Medici's Florence /

Murry, Gregory, 1982-

The Medicean succession : monarchy and sacral politics in Duke Cosimo dei Medici's Florence / Gregory Murry. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource. - I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The familiarity of terrestrial divinity -- Divine right rule and the providential worldview -- Rescuing virtue from Machiavelli -- Prince or patrone? Cosimo as an ecclesiastical patron -- Cosimo and Savonarolan reform -- Defense of the sacred.



9780674416192


Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Medici, House of.


Monarchy--History--Italy--Tuscany--16th century.
Divine right of kings.


Electronic Books.

DG738 / .M435 2014