1st Edition
Niccolò Ridolfi and the Cardinal's Court Politics, Patronage and Service in Sixteenth-Century Italy
By Lucinda Byatt
Copyright 2023
360 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
360 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
360 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Niccolò Ridolfi (1501–50), was a Florentine cardinal, nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII, and he owed his status and wealth to their patronage. He remained actively engaged in Florentine politics, above all during the years of crisis that saw the Florentine state change from republic to duchy. A widely respected patron and scholar throughout his life, his sudden death... Read more
Part One
Prologue
1 Introduction
2 A Florentine Ottimati Family
3 The Accumulation of Wealth
4 Sack, Siege and Republican Fervour
Part Two
5 The Cardinal’s Court in Rome: Models and Practice
6 Serving the Household
7 Household Expenditure: Provisioning and Consumption
8 Travel and Ceremony
Part Three
9 The Cardinal’s Patronage
10 Reform and the "Entrata" into Vicenza
11 Exile and the Household
12 The Conclave of 1549
Conclusion
Appendix 1
Bibliography
Biography
Lucinda Byatt is a lecturer in history at the Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh.
