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Traditionally grand ducal Tuscany and its cultural politics have been viewed through the lens of absolutism. Based on a wide range of newly found sources and building on recent revisionist scholarship, this study uses the universities of Pisa and Siena to expose the contradictions and the tensions which characterised the grand duchy. Setting the universities against the diplomatic, military, administrative, economic, ecclesiastical, and cultural development of the grand duchy, it shows how innovation mixed with tradition and local privileges were not only upheld but extended significantly.
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The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets gathers the work of thirty–five of the most compelling and talented new poets writing today. Groundbreaking anthologies of this kind come along once in a generation and, in time, define that generation. The Swallow Anthology identifies a group of poets who have recently begun to make an important mark on contemporary poetry, and their accomplishment and influence will only grow with time. The poets of The Swallow Anthology do not constitute a school or movement; rather they are a group of unique artists working at the top of their craft. As editor David Yezzi writes in his introduction, “Here is a group of poets who have, perhaps for the first ...
Il carteggio tra Cristina e sua figlia Caterina rappresenta un caso unico nel panorama epistolare conservato in casa Medici, per l’ampiezza, per la varietà dei temi trattati, per il tono intimo e confidenziale che traspare dalle lettere. Nei dieci anni trascorsi a Mantova da Caterina le due donne si scambiarono consigli, raccomandazioni e timori che ci permettono di seguire e delineare lo scenario più ampio in cui si muovevano entrambe. Con questa edizione abbiamo ricreato l’unità di un fitto scambio epistolare, costituitosi come unicum nella volontà della scrivente, ma separato poi in due nuclei distinti nelle vicende della sua trasmissione. Sono qui pubblicate le lettere inviate dalla granduchessa Cristina di Lorena alla figlia Caterina de’ Medici Gonzaga presenti nella filza 6110 del fondo Mediceo del Principato conservato nell’Archivio di Stato di Firenze e nelle buste 1095, 1096 e 1097 dell’Archivio Gonzaga presso l’Archivio di Stato di Mantova.