Filippo Strozzi and the Two Plinys: Civic Pride, Diplomacy, and Private Taste in Quattrocento Naples and Florence

Borsook profiles Filippo Strozzi who spent many years in exile yet remained a patriotic Florentine, Italy, highlighting civic pride, diplomacy, and private taste in quattrocento Naples and Florence. After 1447 he lived in Naples as a banker, where he regained the family's fortune thanks to the...

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Published in:I Tatti studies 2020-03, Vol.23 (1), p.77-99
Main Author: Borsook, Eve
Format: Article
Language:English
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Diplomacy
History
Strozzi, Filippo
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Summary:Borsook profiles Filippo Strozzi who spent many years in exile yet remained a patriotic Florentine, Italy, highlighting civic pride, diplomacy, and private taste in quattrocento Naples and Florence. After 1447 he lived in Naples as a banker, where he regained the family's fortune thanks to the monarch's support. Not only did he become the king's financial advisor, but as of 1455 he also acted as agent for the Medici Bank, notwithstanding the period of his exile, which did not end until 1466, owing to the intervention of King Ferrante of Naples. A year later, in Florence, on the occasion of the baptism of Strozzi's first son, named after Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, who was the infant's godfather, it was the young Lorenzo de Medici who acted as proxy for the absent duke.
ISSN:0393-5949
2037-6731
DOI:10.1086/708194