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This volume addresses the major themes that marked the complex relations between the Medici Grand Dukes and the Levant. For over two centuries (1532-1737), the Medici, as Dukes of Florence and Grand Dukes of Tuscany, ruled over a western Mediterranean state, which had a mainly European geopolitical sphere of influence. However, the transformation of the House of Medici, from republican "primi interpares" of Quattrocento Florence to dynastic rulers, occurred at the same moment when the Ottoman Empire rose to the rank of early modern superpower, polarizing Mediterranean politics. The Italian Peninsula became the arena where the cultural forces of the eastern and western Mediterranean converged. As a result, from the early days of their rule, the Medici Grand Dukes became enmeshed in a power dynamic which encompassed war, religion, diplomacy, and economic interests. This collection of essays addresses these very themes and sheds new light on key aspects of the complex relationships between the Medici Grand Dukes and the Levant.
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The Grand Ducal Medici and the Levant: material culture, diplomacy, and imagery in the early modern Mediterranean
2016, Harvey Miller Publishers
in English
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Proceedings of a conference, "I Medicie e il Levante: culture e dialoghi tra Firenze e il Mediterraneo orinetale (1532-1743), June 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and indexes.
Contributions in English and Italian.
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