“The Fruit of Liberty provocatively reinterprets the significance of Florentine political culture in the late Renaissance. By examining the apparently sharp contrast between republican and ducal Florence, Baker reveals that the Florentine experience helps to explain the triumph of post-Renaissance absolutism just as much as it contributed to the persistence of republican language and traditions.”—Mark Jurdjevic, Glendon College, York University
“In a lucid and lively way, Baker has managed to reveal untold parts of what would seem to be a well-worn story. Rather than seeing a pronounced break between republic and principate in Renaissance Florence, Baker emphasizes continuity of language and images, as well as of office holders themselves, from the late fifteenth to the mid-sixteenth century.”—Sharon Strocchia, Emory University
I TATTI STUDIES IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE HISTORY
The Fruit of Liberty
Political Culture in the Florentine Renaissance, 1480-1550
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$49.95 • £36.95 • €44.95
ISBN 9780674726390
Publication: November 2013
