The Memoir of Marco Parenti: A Life in Medici Florence (Princeton Legacy Library)
A detailed historical study of Marco Parenti's life and letters, illuminating politics, patronage, and daily experience in Medici Florence.
About This Book
This volume examines the life of Marco Parenti within the political and social setting of Medici Florence.
Drawn from surviving letters and documents, the study places Parenti among the city's ruling circles.
Mark Salber Phillips explores how personal correspondence reveals the workings of Renaissance patronage and power.
The book situates individual experience against the broader currents of Florentine politics and culture.
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