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Lediglich der Buchr�cken des Schutzumschlags minimal lichtbedingt ausgeblichen, sonst ein tadelloses Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Only the spine of the dust jacket minimally faded due to light, otherwise a pristine copy without markings. - Guardians of Republicanism analyses the political and intellectual history of Renaissance Florence�republican and princely�by focusing on five generations of the Valori family, each of which played a dynamic role in the city�s political and cultural life. The Valori were early and influential supporters of the Medici family, but were also crucial participants in the city�s periodic republican revivals throughout the Renaissance. Mark Jurdjevic examines their political struggles and conflicts against the larger backdrop of their patronage and support of the Neoplatonic philosopher Marsilio Ficino, the radical Dominican prophet Girolamo Savonarola, and Niccolo Machiavelli, the premier political philosopher of the Italian Renaissance. Each of these three quintessential Renaissance reformers and philosophers relied heavily on the patronage of the Valori, who evolved an innovative republicanism based on a hybrid fusion of the classical and Christian languages of Florentine communal politics. Jurdjevic�s study thus illuminates how intellectual forces�humanist, republican, and Machiavellian�intersected and directed the politics and culture of the Florentine Renaissance. / Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations The Valori Family Tree Scipione Ammirato�s Valori Family Tree Introduction: The Valori Family in the Florentine Renaissance 1 Francesco Valori and the Savonarolan Republic 2 Marsilio Ficino and the Valori Family 3 The Valori Family and Machiavelli�s Portraits of Francesco il vecchio 4 The Valori Family and Luca Della Robbia�s Vita di Bartolomeo 5 The Valori Self-Portrait Under the Medici Grand Dukes 6 The Last Portraits of the Valori Family Conclusion: The Valori Family in Florentine Historiography Bibliography General Index. ISBN 9780199204489