{"product_id":"a-companion-to-cosimo-i-de-medici-9789004339774","title":"A Companion to Cosimo I de’ Medici","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMining the rich documentary sources housed in Tuscan archives and taking advantage of the breadth and depth of scholarship produced in recent years, the seventeen essays in this Companion to Cosimo I de' Medici provide a fresh and systematic overview of the life and career of the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, with special emphasis on Cosimo I's education and intellectual interests, cultural policies, political vision, institutional reforms, diplomatic relations, religious beliefs, military entrepreneurship, and dynastic concerns.     Contributors: Maurizio Arfaioli, Alessio Assonitis, Nicholas Scott Baker, Sheila Barker, Stefano Calonaci, Brendan Dooley, Daniele Edigati, Sheila ffolliott, Catherine Fletcher, Andrea Gáldy, Fernando Loffredo, Piergabriele Mancuso, Jessica Maratsos, Carmen Menchini, Oscar Schiavone, Marcello Simonetta, and Henk Th. van Veen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a fine collection of studies and should be read not only by those interested in Cosimo I (and his successors), but also by others interested in questions of leadership, patronage, family history, and science.”  Kathleen M. Comerford, Georgia Southern University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Summer 2023), pp. 688–690.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures  Abbreviations  Notes on Contributors    Introduction: Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519–2019)   Alessio Assonitis and Henk Th. van Veen    1 The Education of Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici (1519–1537)   Alessio Assonitis    2 Alessandro de’ Medici: A Reassessment   Catherine Fletcher    3 Cosimo I and His Spanish In-Laws: The Duke and the Toledo Family   Fernando Loffredo    4 The Emperor and the Duke: Cosimo I, Charles V, and the Negotiation of Sovereignty   Nicholas Scott Baker    5 Cosimo I de’ Medici and Catherine de Médicis: Making the Political Personal   Sheila ffolliott    6 Cosimo I versus the Strozzi, the Enemies of the State   Marcello Simonetta    7 His Father’s Son: Cosimo I de’ Medici as Military Leader   Maurizio Arfaioli    8 Cosimo I “Fontana de Iustitia e Nemico de Tristi”: Pragmatism and Aequitas   Daniele Edigati    9 Taking Over the Economy: Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Management of the Wealth of the State   Stefano Calonaci    10 Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Tuscan Territory   Oscar Schiavone    11 Cosimo I and Religious Heterodoxy in Tuscany   Jessica Maratsos    12 Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Jews   Piergabriele Mancuso    13 The Duke as Cultural Manager: Institutionalization and Entrepreneurship   Andrea M. Gáldy    14 Problems with Cosimo I’s Artistic Patronage: Baccio Bandinelli and the Neptune Fountain in Piazza della Signoria   Henk Th. van Veen    15 Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Renaissance Sciences: “To Measure and to See”   Sheila Barker    16 Cosimo I de’ Medici: Antagonism and Praise   Carmen Menchini    17 Cosimo I de’ Medici and Modern Historiography   Brendan Dooley    Index of Names","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51586054816087,"sku":"9789004339774","price":191.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-cosimo-i-de-medici-9789004339774","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}