A companion to Cosimo I de' Medici

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"Mining 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Introduction: Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-2019) / Alessio Assonitis and Henrik Th. van Veen -- The Education of Cosimo de Giovanni de' Medici (1519-1537) / Alessio Assonitis -- Alessandro de' Medici: A Reassessment / Catherine Fletcher -- Cosimo I and His Spanish In-Laws: The Duke and the Toledo Family / Fernando Loffredo -- The Emperor and the Duke: Cosimo I, Charles V, and the Negotiation of Sovereignty / Nicholas Scott Baker -- Cosimo I de' Medici and Catherine de Médicis: Making the Political Personal / Sheila ffolliott -- Cosimo I versus the Strozzi, the Enemies of the States / Marcello Simonetta -- His Father's Son: Cosimo I de' Medici as Military Leader / Maurizio Arfaioli -- Cosmio I "Fortuna de Iustitia e Nemico de Tristi": Pragmatosm and Aequitas / Daniele Edigati -- Taking Over the Economy: Cosimo I de' Medici and the Management of the Wealth of the State / Stefano Calonaci -- Cosimo I de' Medici and the Tuscan Territory / Oscar Schiavone -- Cosimo I and Religious Heterodoxy in Tuscany / Jessica Maratsos -- Cosimo I de' Medici and the Jews / Piergabriele Mancuso -- The Duke as Cultural Manager: Institutionalization and Entrepreneurship / Andrea M. Gáldy -- Problems with Cosimo I's Artistic Patronage: Baccio Bandinelli and the Neptune Fountain in the Piazza della Signoria / Henrik Th. van Veen -- Cosimo I de' Medici and the Renaissance Sciences: "To Measure and to See" / Sheila Barker -- Cosimo I de' Medici: Antagonism and Praise / Carmen Menchini -- Cosimo I de' Medici and Modern Histtoriography / Brendan Dooley