Writing the Wrongs of the past: Vengeance, Humanism, and the Assassination of Alessandro de' Medici

On the night of 6 January 1537 Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici killed his cousin, the first Duke of Florence, Alessandro de' Medici. In an "Apologia", written around three years after the assassination, Lorenzo claimed that he had killed Alessandro in order to restore Florenc...

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Main Author: Baker, Nicholas Scott (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2007
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2007, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-327
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