Title Church and politics in Renaissance Italy : the life and career of Cardinal Francesco Soderini (1453-1524) / K.J.P. Lowe

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Description xii, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture. Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- genealogical tables -- Introduction -- Part I. Preparation for Power: Soderini's Florentine Background and Early Career: 1. Soderini's early years -- 2. Soderini as a servant of the Florentine state -- Part II. The Cardinal as a Political Force, 1503-1513: 3. Soderini's elevation to the cardinalate -- 4. The renaissance cardinalate and the concept of the political cardinal -- 5. A principal or a supporting role in Florentine politics? -- 6. Relations and rivalry between the Soderini and the Medici -- 7. The Soderini and the kings of France -- Part III. New Times and Challenging Circumstances, 1513-1524: 8. The fortunes of the Soderini and family strategy in relation to Florentine, the Medici and France, 1513-17 -- 9. The 'conspiracy' of 1517 -- 10. Soderini as a disaffected cardinal in exile, 1517-21 -- 11. Soderini opposition to the Medici in Florence and Rome, 1521-3 -- 12. The 'conspiracy' of 1523 and its aftermath -- 13. Soderini's last days -- Part IV. The Lifestyle of the Renaissance Cardinal: 14. Official duties in the curia: the consiliar, the ceremonial, the social -- 15. Soderini's ecclesiastical career: the accumulation and deployment of bishoprics and benefices -- 16. Palaces and other property -- 17. Private and personal possessions -- 18. Household and entourage -- 19. Financial resources: wealth, income, credit, loans and pawn -- 20. Intellectual life and the influence of humanism -- 21. In praise of Francesco Soderini: Battista Casali's funeral oration of 1524 -- Excursus: the portraits of Piero and Francesco Soderini -- Bibliography -- Index Analysis Catholicism Cardinals Florence (Italy) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index Subject Soderini, Francesco, 1453-1524. Medici, House of. Cardinals -- Italy -- Biography. SUBJECT Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049203 Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 92033576 ISBN 0521421039 (hardback)

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