The fruit of liberty : political culture in the Florentine Renaissance, 1480-1550 /
Nicholas Scott Baker.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (x, 368 pages) : illustrations.
- I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Imagining Florence -- 2. Great Expectations -- 3. Defending Liberty -- 4. Neither Fish nor Flesh -- 5. Reimagining Florence -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1. A Partial Reconstruction of the Office-Holding Class of Florence, circa 1500 -- APPENDIX 2. Biographical Information -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
In the sixteenth century, the city-state of Florence failed. In its place the Medicis created a principality, becoming first dukes of Florence and then grand dukes of Tuscany. The Fruit of Liberty analyzes the slow transformations that predated and facilitated the institutional shift from republic to principality, from citizen to subject.
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General European History. History. Regional History.