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Staley Edgcumbe. The Tragedies of the Medici
The Tragedies of the Medici
Table of Contents
PREFACE
EDGCUMBE STALE
INTRODUCTION
THE TRAGEDIES OF THE MEDICI
CHAPTER I—The Pazzi Conspiracy—Lorenzo, “Il Magnifico”—Giuliano, “Il Pensieroso”
CHAPTER II—The First Tyrannicide—Ippolito, “Il Cardinale”—Alessandro, “Il Negro”—Lorenzino, “Il Terribile”
CHAPTER III—A Father’s Vengeance—Maria, Giovanni, and Garzia de’Medici—Malatesta de’ Malatesti
CHAPTER IV—Three Murdered Princesses—Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara and Creole de’ Contrari—Eleanora Garzia, wife of Piero de Medici, Alessandro Gaci, and Bernardino degl’ Antinori—Isabella, Duchess of Bracciano—Troilo d’Orsini and Lelio Torello
CHAPTER V—True and False Lovers—Francesco, “Il Virtuoso”—Bianca Cappello, “La Figlia di Venezia”—Pietro Buonaventuri—Cassandra de’Borghiani—Pellegrina Buonaventuri, wife of Ulisse Bentivoglio—Antonio Riario
CHAPTER VI—Pathetic Victims of Fateful Passion—Eleanora degli Albizzi and Sforza Almeni—Cammilla de’ Martelli—Virginia de’ Medici e d’Este—Cardinal Ferdinando de’ Medici
A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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Edgcumbe Staley
Published by Good Press, 2019
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He expatiated upon the advantages which had accrued to Florence under the Headship of the Medici; and he urged upon the assembly to offer their allegiance to Piero’s sons, and to give them the authority that their father and grandfather had possessed.
Keen debate followed Messer Tommaso’s speech: some wished that he would reconsider his decision, others were in favour of trying a new man and of another family—Niccolo Soderini’s name was freely mentioned, but gradually the meeting came to accept the proposal. It gained at all events the adhesion of such pronounced ante-Mediceans as Gianozzo de’ Pitti and Domenico de’ Martelli, and led to a fusion, there and then, of the two parties, “del Poggio” and “del Piano.” Unanimity was the more readily reached when those who demurred perceived that Messer Tommaso would be the virtual ruler of the State in the personal direction of his two young nephews. A deputation was accordingly chosen to convey to Domina Lucrezia and her sons the condolences of the city, and to offer to Lorenzo the coveted Headship of the State.
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