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This paper studies through a quantitative analysis at micro-scale (the pieve of San Giovanni in Petroio in Mugello) in 1427-1512 the relation between the growing economic inequality of the Florentine rural society found by recent research... more
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      Economic HistoryMedieval HistoryRural HistoryHistory of Florence
In an unpublished manuscript about exemplary women, Cristofano Bronzini described a visit to the Tuscan court by Giovanna Garzoni while she was still in her teens, and transcribed a poem written there in her honour. This new documentary... more
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      Women's HistoryRenaissance StudiesPaleographyHistory of Florence
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      Media StudiesPublic OpinionJournalism HistoryCivil Society and the Public Sphere
Scopo dichiarato dell’ordine dei cavalieri di Santo Stefano, fondato nel 1561 da Cosimo I de’ Medici anche per motivi di legittimazione dinastica, fu la difesa della cristianità dalla minaccia ottomana. La politica aggressiva nei... more
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      Early Modern HistoryPopular CultureEarly Modern EuropeHistory of Piracy
This ambitious book is about a way of building that for centuries dominated the making of monumental architecture – yet now not only is it lost as practice, knowledge of its very existence is consigned to oblivion. In pre-modern Europe,... more
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      Medieval PhilosophyArchitectureMedieval StudiesRenaissance Studies
Most modern historians perpetuate the myth that Giuliano de' Medici (1479-1516), son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was nothing more than an inconsequential, womanizing hedonist with little inclination or ability for politics. In the first... more
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      HistoryArt HistoryItalian StudiesRenaissance
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      Early Modern HistoryEarly Modern EuropeHistory of FlorenceThe Medici family
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      HistoryEuropean HistoryCultural HistoryCultural Studies
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      Art HistoryWomen's StudiesFeminist TheoryRenaissance Studies
Analysis of some sections of Remigio Nannini's anthologies of historiographical speeches (Venice, Giolito 1557; 1560; 1561), with special reference to the orations taken from Cassius Dio’s ‘Roman History’, in order to show the tendency of... more
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      Cultural HistoryCultural StudiesClassicsRoman History
http://www.carocci.it/index.php?option=com_carocci&Itemid=72&task=schedalibro&isbn=9788829004966 Scrivere una biografia di Dante è una sfida che molti hanno già affrontato. Mentre i documenti d’archivio relativi alla sua vita sono pochi... more
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      Medieval HistoryDante StudiesMedieval StudiesAutobiography
This most recent edition of the bibliography contains almost 21,200 titles in English (64%) and French (36%), with an introductory section on historiography. It deals with every aspect of Italian history and culture from the Late... more
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      Military HistoryHistorical GeographyHistorical Anthropology17th Century & Early Modern Philosophy
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      Women's StudiesWomen's HistoryEarly Modern HistoryRenaissance Studies
The Medici Archive Project is offering a new online educational program in Italian paleography and archival studies for the A.Y. 2015 – 2016. The course is comprised of two components: an online course, which is divided into three... more
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      Medieval HistoryEarly Modern HistoryPaleographyHistory of Florence
This paper examines Francesco Guicciardini's various efforts to engage, evade or protest Machiavelli's arguments concerning social class, the constitution of liberty and preferable forms of tyranny in his "Considerations on Machiavelli's... more
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      Intellectual HistoryConstitutional LawPolitical PhilosophyPolitical Theory
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      Creative NonfictionCultural HistoryArt HistoryModern Italian History
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      ArchitectureMedieval ArchaeologyHistory of FlorenceHistory of Art
Francesco Talenti è attestato per la prima volta nel cantiere della cattedrale di Firenze nel 1351, ma è probabile che ne fosse capomastro già nel 1341-1342, dopo la partenza di Andrea Pisano alla volta di Pisa. Sotto la direzione di... more
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      Art HistoryLate Middle AgesMedieval HistoryConstruction Technology
Tourism has always played an important role in Italy and, since the Grand Tour time, it has shaped its image. Yet the processes of post-modernization have deeply affected both tourism and the Italian main tourist destinations. Theming and... more
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      AnthropologyTourism StudiesTourism MarketingMuseum Studies
这本令人激动的作品细数了美第奇家族在佛罗伦萨政治、经济和文化历史上的巨大影响。本书内容始于15世纪30年代,美第奇王朝在近乎传奇的科西莫·德·美第奇的领导下崛起,中间经历了他们作为文艺复兴时期一些最伟大的艺术家和建筑师的资助者的黄金时代,再到美第奇家族的各位教皇和大公统治的时代,直至佛罗伦萨陷入衰败与破产以及1737年美第奇家族血脉的终结。
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      HistoryCultural HistoryEarly Modern HistoryItalian Studies
Il Dio Fluviale di Michelangelo Buonarroti donato da Bartolomeo Ammannati all'Accademia del Disegno: suo utilizzo memoriale e didattico.
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      Art HistoryHistory of FlorenceFine ArtsMichelangelo Buonarroti
in Wuz. Storie di editori, autori e libri rari, n. 4, luglio-agosto 2007, pp. 36-42
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      Book HistoryRare Books and ManuscriptsD. H. LawrenceHistory of Florence
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      ArchitectureRenaissance StudiesLandscape ArchitectureRenaissance Art
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      Fashion HistoryHistory of Florence
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      Medieval LiteratureMedieval Latin LiteratureHeraldryHistory of Florence
Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 2016 (versione online)
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      Late Middle AgesMedieval HistoryItalian (European History)Biography
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      Early Modern HistoryRenaissanceHistory of FlorenceRenaissance Florence
La raccolta di saggi proposta intende provare a rispondere ad una serie di quesiti incentrati sul rapporto tra archivi e società negli stati italiani tra Medioevo ed Età moderna. Quale era il personale addetto alla produzione e alla cura... more
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      Modern HistoryArchival StudiesMedieval HistoryItalian Studies
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      Medieval HistoryRenaissance StudiesHistory of Florence
House of Secrets tells the remarkable story of Palazzo Rucellai from behind its celebrated façade. The house, beginning with its piecemeal assemblage by one of the richest men in Florence in the fifteenth century, has witnessed endless... more
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      Early Modern HistoryArchitectural HistoryBiographyHistory of Florence
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      Medieval HistoryHistory of Florence
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      Self and IdentityRenaissance StudiesHistory of Florence
The Influences of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages Taylor Institute, Lincoln College, and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University September 10-12, 2015 This interdisciplinary conference will explore the influences of the... more
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      HistoryMusicologyArt HistoryHigh Middle Ages
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      History Of Political Thought (Political Science)History of FlorenceHistory of Political ScienceMachiavelli
For over two centuries (1532-1737), the Medici, as dukes of Florence and grand dukes of Tuscany, ruled over a western Mediterranean state whose geopolitical sphere of influence was centered in Europe. The transformation of the House of... more
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      Mediterranean StudiesHistory of FlorenceEarly modern Ottoman HistoryLevant
In an effort to put my knowledge on thirteenth-century Florence in general - and Brunetto Latini in particular - to practical use and to share it with a broad audience, I have designed, researched and written a travel guide to Medieval... more
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      Travel & TourismHistory of FlorenceThe Italian communes and signories (1300-1450)Medieval Italian Literature
De l'institution du priorat a la chute definitive de la republique en 1530, l'organisation de la vie dans la cite florentine a evolue tant dans ses structures effectives que dans ses representations, laissant une place plus ou... more
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      History of FlorenceHistory of Political ThoughtHistoire de la pensée politique
The quincentenary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death has been marked by two exhibitions exploring the life and work of his master, one at Palazzo Strozzi and the Bargello in Florence and the other at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.... more
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      Art HistoryRenaissance StudiesRenaissancePainting
This research will describe the first major operation launched by an Italian army against a heavily fortified city after the assimilation of the French style artillery into the warfare of the Peninsula. The paper will examine, in... more
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      Military HistoryEconomic HistoryRenaissance HistoryMedieval History
For more than fifty years, Stefano Bardini transacted incredible quantities of Italian Renaissance art and decorative art on the global art market. On the basis of new archival research, this talk examines Bardini’s strategies for... more
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      Art HistoryNineteenth Century StudiesHistory of FlorenceHistory of Art
This paper is about the changing of the medieval urban shape after the substitution of roof covering, in particular in Florence from stone sheets to brick tiles between 13th and 14th centuries. The new technic was probably developed in... more
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      Medieval HistoryMaterial Culture StudiesLandscape ArchaeologyMedieval Archaeology
Catherine of Siena (1347‐1380) is well known as a saint and mystic with a colourful biography. Recent scholarship has begun to recognise Catherine's substantial political contributions. She wrote letters to notable political figures... more
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      Thomas AquinasHistory of Roman CatholicismHistory of FlorenceHistory of Political Thought
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      Renaissance StudiesHistory of FlorenceMedieval vernacular translations (volgarizzamenti)Medieval Chronicles
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      History of FlorenceSemifonteHistory of Volterra
This paper examines the relationship between Florentine Catholicism and the national-patriotic ‘war culture’, which developed during the nineteenth century and prepared the ideological ground for the outbreak of World War I. The focus on... more
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      LiturgyNationalismHistory of FlorenceCultural History of War
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      Art HistoryHistory of FlorenceItalian Baroque artVisual Analysis
Storia di Adolfo Carmine e della Fondazione a lui intitolata oggi gestita dall'Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
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      Art HistoryFascismSwiss HistoryHistory of Florence
Patrząc na współczesną historiografię franciszkańską można odnieść wrażenie, że składają się na nią przede wszystkim pisma świętego Franciszka i świętej Klary, biografie, kroniki czy dokumenty Stolicy Apostolskiej. Niniejsza publikacja... more
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      History of FlorenceFrancescanesimoRenaissance FlorenceIkonografia
La ricerca di carattere prosopografico e geografico-storico mostra che sull’area di Bagno a Ripoli (SE di Firenze) la città esercitò un’attrazione forte e abbastanza precoce. Nella zona la presenza patrimoniale dell’aristocrazia cittadina... more
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      Economic HistoryHistorical GeographyMedieval HistoryMedieval Studies