The Medicean succession : monarchy and sacral politics in Duke Cosimo dei Medici's Florence - Murry, Gregory, 1982- (Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014)
The familiarity of terrestrial divinity -- Divine right rule and the providential worldview -- Rescuing virtue from Machiavelli -- Prince or patrone? Cosimo as an ecclesiastical patron -- Cosimo and Savonarolan reform -- Defense of the sacred.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Cosimo -- I, -- Grand-Duke of Tuscany, -- 1519-1574.; Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737.; Tuscany (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1434-1737.; Florence (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Tuscany (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Monarchy -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History -- 16th century; Divine right of kings; Medici, House of; HISTORY / Europe / Italy; Electronic books