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Filippo Strozzi and the Medici
Filippo Strozzi (1489-1538), the Florentine aristocrat and banker, is usually remembered for the dramatic exploits at the end of his life. Forced into exile, he became an outspoken defender of the last Florentine Republic against the tyranny of the city's new dukes. His place in Florentine history, however, changes drastically when we focus not on his final years but on his extensive career as a Medici favourite and loyal financier. At the courts of the Medici popes he furthered the grandiose schemes of Leo X and Clement VII and accumulated a personal fortune of legendary size. Dr Bullard's study reassesses Strozzi's place in Renaissance history and considers the more general problems of paper economy and war finance, and Florentine political life, in the early sixteenth century. It documents the intricate financial ties between Florence and the papal court, and Strozzi's key role as a manipulator of the city's public funds to pay for papal wars.
Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolo Machiavelli
By 1520, Niccolò Machiavelli’s life in Florence was steadily improving: he had achieved a degree of literary fame, and, following his removal from the Florentine Chancery by the Medici family, he had managed to gain their respect and patronage. But there is one figure whose substantial contributions to Machiavelli’s restoration has been hitherto neglected – Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi (1482–1549), a younger and fabulously wealthy Florentine nobleman. As manuscript evidence suggests, Strozzi brought Machiavelli into his patronage network and aided many of his post-1520 achievements. This book is the first English biography of Strozzi, as well as the first examination of the patron-client relationship that developed between the two men. William J. Landon reveals Strozzi’s influence on Machiavelli through wide-ranging textual investigations, and especially through Strozzi’s Pistola fatta per la peste – a work that survives as a Machiavelli autograph, and for which Landon has provided the first ever complete English translation and critical edition.
Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolo Machiavelli: Patron, Client, and the Pistola fatta per la peste/An Epistle Written Concerning the Plague
William J. Landon reveals Strozzi's influence on Machiavelli through wide-ranging textual investigations, and especially through Strozzi's Pistola fatta per la peste for which Landon has provided the first ever complete English translation and critical edition.
Maya & Filippo Make Friends in Auckland
Take Your Children on an Adventure! 2014 Mom's Choice Award Winner! This entertaining and educational picture book features two little travelers - Maya and Filippo - who love to explore the world. ˃˃˃ Would you like your children to learn about different countries and cultures in a fun way? Then the "Maya & Filippo Adventure and Education for Kids" Series will be perfect for you and your early readers. ˃˃˃ Would you like your children to get to know Auckland and make new friends? Then let Maya & Filippo show them around. ˃˃˃ Would you like your beginner readers to read award-winning books? Then pick up your copy right now!
Fra Filippo Lippi the Carmelite Painter
Widely admired for his paintings of exquisitely beautiful Madonnas, Florentine Renaissance friar-artist Fra Filippo Lippi (c. 1406-69) gained renown also for his love affair with the nun Lucrezia who bore their son, Filippino Lippi, later a well-known painter himself. In this beautiful and compelling book, Megan Holmes shines new light on Lippi's life and career, from the first paintings he created while a friar in Santa Maria del Carmine to the later works he painted when living outside the monastery for the Medici family, their supporters, and other patrons. Focusing especially on the fascinating conjunction of Lippi's work as a painter and his experiences as a Carmelite friar, Holmes tran...
Maya & Filippo Visit San Francisco
Take Your Children on an Adventure! "This story makes a perfect bedtime read for kids and it can also be used for read aloud sessions in classrooms and libraries." - 5 stars from Readers' Favorite This entertaining and educational picture book features two little travelers - Maya and Filippo - who love to explore the world. ˃˃˃ Would you like your children to learn about different countries and cultures in a fun way? Then the "Maya & Filippo Adventure and Education for Kids" Series will be perfect for you and your early readers. ˃˃˃ Would you like your children to get to know San Francisco? Then let Maya & Filippo show them around! They will learn about Alcatraz, go on a cable-car ride, take a stroll through the Yerba Buena Gardens and marvel at the skyscrapers of Union Square. Then they go for a quick walk on Fisherman’s Wharf and admire the sea lions to finally enjoy the Golden Gate Bridge in an unconventional way. ˃˃˃ Would you like to check if your beginner readers are paying attention? Then use the quiz at the end of the book!
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De Filippo Four Plays
Plays by one of Italy's greatest dramatists Eduardo de Filippo was one of Italy's leading popular dramatists, a fearless social critic, a supreme man of the theatre, and a humane and compassionate writer. The four plays in this volume present different facets of his prolific output, which focused on the lives of the Neapolitan people, their dubious cunning nourished by centuries of hunger, their fantasies and their love of life. The Local Authority, Grand Magic and Filumena Marturano are translated by Carlo Ardito, and Napoli Milionaria was translated by Peter Tinniswood for the Royal National Theatre's production in 1991.
