Medici family correspondence, 1488-ca. 1620 [microform].

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Medici family correspondence, 1488-ca. 1620 [microform].

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The archive is a microfilm copy of family papers dispersed at auction in 1986. It consists of over one thousand letters written to and between members of the Medici family in Florence and Pisa, from 1488 to around 1620. Letters were received principally by three members of the family: Raffaello, who was involved in building the family fortune in banking and trading; Giulio, a noted military leader; and Averardo, a Florentine ambassador, concerning government, politics and international relations. The letters, then, deal primarily with family activities as merchants, soldiers and statesmen, and shed a good deal of light on the economic, social and political history of Italy during the 1500s. Artists mentioned in the correspondence include Bartolommeo and Raphael.

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