The duke's assassin exile and death of Lorenzino de' Medici
Part I. The eleven year exileDeath in Florence -- After the crime -- Mirandola and the apologia -- In the shadow of the crescent -- Between Lyons, Paris and Saintes -- Among the plots of the exiles -- Life in Venice -- Between pope and emperor -- Twilight -- Part II. Anatomy of a murder -- License t...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New Haven, London
Yale University Press
2015
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Part I. The eleven year exileDeath in Florence -- After the crime -- Mirandola and the apologia -- In the shadow of the crescent -- Between Lyons, Paris and Saintes -- Among the plots of the exiles -- Life in Venice -- Between pope and emperor -- Twilight -- Part II. Anatomy of a murder -- License to kill -- Death plots -- The turncoat killer -- The presumed culprit -- A failed trap -- Death in Venice -- Two men in flight -- The emperor's revenge -- Epilogue. Part I. The eleven year exile -- Death in Florence -- After the crime -- Mirandola and the apologia -- In the shadow of the crescent -- Between Lyons, Paris and Saintes -- Among the plots of the exiles -- Life in Venice -- Between pope and emperor -- Twilight -- Part II. Anatomy of a murder -- License to kill -- Death plots -- The turncoat killer -- The presumed culprit -- A failed trap -- Death in Venice -- Two men in flight -- The emperor's revenge -- Epilogue In 1548, the notorious Lorenzino de' Medici was killed in Venice in revenge for murdering his cousin the Duke of Florence in 1537. The book reconstructs the events surrounding the Medici, the factions, the loyalists and republican exiles, and reveals that behind the vengeance was Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, the victim's ally and father-in-law.-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-288) and index. - Translated from the Italian language |
| Beschreibung: | xviii, 300 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780300189780 978-0-300-18978-0 0300189788 0-300-18978-8 |