Murder of a Medici Princess
Caroline P. Murphy reconstructs the life and death of Isabella de’ Medici, favourite daughter of Duke Cosimo I, married for political reasons to Paolo Giordano Orsini and found dead in 1576 at the age of thirty-three. Murphy works from the Medici archives to show a woman running her own household and her own intellectual life, and to examine what actually happened at Cerreto Guidi.
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Nancy Goldstone
This book is about a very strong woman – Isabella, the daughter of Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, the powerful ruler of 15th century Florence. Isabella was Cosimo’s favourite daughter, but even so she was obliged to marry Paolo Giordano I Orsini, a member of the lesser nobility, for political purposes. The Medici family was very wealthy, and Isabella was used to a luxurious life surrounded by beauty, art and literature.
Interview · March 2012
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