Chapter 11. A Critique of Medici Politics: Marco Parenti’s Views on Piero and Cosimo

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Notes On Abbreviations And Sources xiii
5. Introduction. August 1, 1464: The Death of Cosimo de’ Medici 1
6. Part 1. Family: Marco Parenti and the Strozzi
7. Chapter I. Household 23
8. Chapter 2. Education and Politics 54
9. Chapter 3. The Strozzi 71
10. Part II. Politics: Repatriation and Reform 1464-1466
11. Chapter 4. Winter and Spring: Don Federigo’s Visit 104
12. Chapter 5. Spring: Between Medici and Pitti 118
13. Chapter 6. Summer: The Return Visit 127
14. Chapter 7. Autumn: Uncertainty and the Stirrings of Reform 139
15. Chapter 8. Matchmaking and Other Troubles 150
16. Chapter 9. Fall and Winter: Niccolò Soderini and the Scrutiny Crisis 169
17. Chapter 10. The Climax of the Struggle 189
18. Part III. History: Marco Parenti’s Memoir
19. Chapter 11. A Critique of Medici Politics: Marco Parenti’s Views on Piero and Cosimo 222
20. Chapter 12. The “Conspiracy” of 1466: Other Views 241
21. Chapter 13. Historiography and the Public World 260
22. Appendix. A Note on the Manuscript of JMarco Parenti’s Memoir 275
23. Index 281
24. Backmatter 284