VINCULUM invites Marcelo Simonetta, from the Università la Sapienza and The Medici Archive Project, to give a open lecture during is stay in Lisbon.

In his lecture, Marcello Simonetta will examine the richest troves of documents about the Medici family and its opponents besides the Mediceo del Principato, that contains mostly letters from early 15th century to the late 1537.

His approach focus on case studies in diplomatic and economic history, and even cryptography and conspiracy. Then we will take a closer look at the Carte Strozziane, which I consider the missing link of the Medici history. It preserves a wealth of papers coming from or purchased by the Strozzi family, both adversaries and allies of the Medici. We will study some examples of private and public records, as well as unique literary autographs (such as Machiavelli’s letters).

Venue:
Colégio Almada Negreiros, Room 306
Campus de Campolide
Lisboa, 1070-312 Portugal
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