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.
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Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574. Medici, House of.
Monarchy--History--Italy--Tuscany--16th century. Divine right of kings.