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This paper studies through a quantitative analysis at micro-scale (the pieve of San Giovanni in Petroio in Mugello) in 1427-1512 the relation between the growing economic inequality of the Florentine rural society found by recent research... more
In an unpublished manuscript about exemplary women, Cristofano Bronzini described a visit to the Tuscan court by Giovanna Garzoni while she was still in her teens, and transcribed a poem written there in her honour. This new documentary... more
Scopo dichiarato dell’ordine dei cavalieri di Santo Stefano, fondato nel 1561 da Cosimo I de’ Medici anche per motivi di legittimazione dinastica, fu la difesa della cristianità dalla minaccia ottomana. La politica aggressiva nei... more
This ambitious book is about a way of building that for centuries dominated the making of monumental architecture – yet now not only is it lost as practice, knowledge of its very existence is consigned to oblivion. In pre-modern Europe,... more
Most modern historians perpetuate the myth that Giuliano de' Medici (1479-1516), son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was nothing more than an inconsequential, womanizing hedonist with little inclination or ability for politics. In the first... more
Analysis of some sections of Remigio Nannini's anthologies of historiographical speeches (Venice, Giolito 1557; 1560; 1561), with special reference to the orations taken from Cassius Dio’s ‘Roman History’, in order to show the tendency of... more
This most recent edition of the bibliography contains almost 21,200 titles in English (64%) and French (36%), with an introductory section on historiography. It deals with every aspect of Italian history and culture from the Late... more
The Medici Archive Project is offering a new online educational program in Italian paleography and archival studies for the A.Y. 2015 – 2016. The course is comprised of two components: an online course, which is divided into three... more
This paper examines Francesco Guicciardini's various efforts to engage, evade or protest Machiavelli's arguments concerning social class, the constitution of liberty and preferable forms of tyranny in his "Considerations on Machiavelli's... more
Francesco Talenti è attestato per la prima volta nel cantiere della cattedrale di Firenze nel 1351, ma è probabile che ne fosse capomastro già nel 1341-1342, dopo la partenza di Andrea Pisano alla volta di Pisa. Sotto la direzione di... more
Tourism has always played an important role in Italy and, since the Grand Tour time, it has shaped its image. Yet the processes of post-modernization have deeply affected both tourism and the Italian main tourist destinations. Theming and... more
这本令人激动的作品细数了美第奇家族在佛罗伦萨政治、经济和文化历史上的巨大影响。本书内容始于15世纪30年代,美第奇王朝在近乎传奇的科西莫·德·美第奇的领导下崛起,中间经历了他们作为文艺复兴时期一些最伟大的艺术家和建筑师的资助者的黄金时代,再到美第奇家族的各位教皇和大公统治的时代,直至佛罗伦萨陷入衰败与破产以及1737年美第奇家族血脉的终结。
Il Dio Fluviale di Michelangelo Buonarroti donato da Bartolomeo Ammannati all'Accademia del Disegno: suo utilizzo memoriale e didattico.
in Wuz. Storie di editori, autori e libri rari, n. 4, luglio-agosto 2007, pp. 36-42
Dizionario biografico degli italiani, 2016 (versione online)
House of Secrets tells the remarkable story of Palazzo Rucellai from behind its celebrated façade. The house, beginning with its piecemeal assemblage by one of the richest men in Florence in the fifteenth century, has witnessed endless... more
The Influences of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages Taylor Institute, Lincoln College, and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University September 10-12, 2015 This interdisciplinary conference will explore the influences of the... more
In an effort to put my knowledge on thirteenth-century Florence in general - and Brunetto Latini in particular - to practical use and to share it with a broad audience, I have designed, researched and written a travel guide to Medieval... more
De l'institution du priorat a la chute definitive de la republique en 1530, l'organisation de la vie dans la cite florentine a evolue tant dans ses structures effectives que dans ses representations, laissant une place plus ou... more
The quincentenary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death has been marked by two exhibitions exploring the life and work of his master, one at Palazzo Strozzi and the Bargello in Florence and the other at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.... more
This research will describe the first major operation launched by an Italian army against a heavily fortified city after the assimilation of the French style artillery into the warfare of the Peninsula. The paper will examine, in... more
For more than fifty years, Stefano Bardini transacted incredible quantities of Italian Renaissance art and decorative art on the global art market. On the basis of new archival research, this talk examines Bardini’s strategies for... more
This paper is about the changing of the medieval urban shape after the substitution of roof covering, in particular in Florence from stone sheets to brick tiles between 13th and 14th centuries. The new technic was probably developed in... more
Catherine of Siena (1347‐1380) is well known as a saint and mystic with a colourful biography. Recent scholarship has begun to recognise Catherine's substantial political contributions. She wrote letters to notable political figures... more
This paper examines the relationship between Florentine Catholicism and the national-patriotic ‘war culture’, which developed during the nineteenth century and prepared the ideological ground for the outbreak of World War I. The focus on... more
Storia di Adolfo Carmine e della Fondazione a lui intitolata oggi gestita dall'Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
Patrząc na współczesną historiografię franciszkańską można odnieść wrażenie, że składają się na nią przede wszystkim pisma świętego Franciszka i świętej Klary, biografie, kroniki czy dokumenty Stolicy Apostolskiej. Niniejsza publikacja... more
La ricerca di carattere prosopografico e geografico-storico mostra che sull’area di Bagno a Ripoli (SE di Firenze) la città esercitò un’attrazione forte e abbastanza precoce. Nella zona la presenza patrimoniale dell’aristocrazia cittadina... more