Author:
Salviati de' Medici, Maria, 1499-1543, author.
ImprintNew York : Iter Press, [2022]
Descriptionxiii, 213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Note:A life in letters -- Maria's early life -- Maria as wife -- Maria as widowed mother -- Lady Maria: dowager queen -- Lady Maria: manager of the children's court and wise elder -- Remembering Maria -- Maria Salviate de' Medici as letter writer -- The afterlife of Maria's correspondence -- Note on the translation and edition -- Selected letters -- Letters 1-40: Maria as wife, 1514-1526 -- Letters 41-75: Maria as widowed mother, 1527-1536 -- Letters 76-150: Lady Maria, 1537-1543.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index.
Note:"A selection of 150 of the approximately 300 letters by Maria Salviati de' Medici, mother of Cosimo I de' Medici, the first grand-duke of Tuscany, witnessing her considerable importance in the political and cultural life of Renaissance Florence."-- Provided by publisher.
