Guardians of republicanism
Subtitle: the Valori family in the Florentine Renaissance
By: Mark Jurdjevic.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780199204489
Subjects: Valori family -- Political activity.; Republicanism -- Italy -- Florence -- History.; Politics and culture -- Italy -- Florence.; Literary patrons -- Italy -- Florence.; Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737.; Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life.; Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737 -- Historiography.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Northwestern University.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The Valori family in the Florentine Renaissance; title: Francesco Valori and the Savonarolan republic; title: Marsilio Ficino and the Valori family; title: The Valori family and Machiavelli's portraits of Francesco il Vecchio; title: The Valori family and Luca Della Robbia's Vita di Bartolomeo; title: The Valori self-portrait under the Medici grand dukes; title: The last portraits of the Valori family; title: Conclusion : The Valori family in Florentine historiography.