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Household and lineage in Renaissance Florence
By F. W. Kent
Looks at the Florentine patrician family in the fifteenth century as a social institution, establishing the nature of the household, with a concentration on affective family ties, and tracing relat...
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Lorenzo de Medici and the Art of Magnificence The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History
By F. W. Kent
"In the past half century, scholars have downplayed the significance of Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) as a patron of the arts. Less wealthy than his grandfather Cosimo, the argument goes, Lorenzo...
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Princely citizen
By F. W. Kent
Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-92) was in his own time one of the most renowned of Renaissance figures. His myth has continued to fascinate both scholars and the many tourists who are drawn by it to expl...
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