Original scientific paper
“No Harm in Hearing It All”: Medicean Attitude to the Conspiracy of Marin Držić
Lovro Kunčević
Abstract
In the State Archives of Florence (Archivio di Stato di Firenze) the author has discovered an unknown letter in which Marin Držić elaborates his conspiracy, as well as certain comments on Držić traced in the correspondence of Duke Cosimo I Medici with his secretary, Bartolomeo Concino. The article affords transcriptions, translation and commentary of the documents, accompanied by a study which aims to interpret Držić’s conspiracy in the light of newly discovered evidence. The recent find also sheds new light on the traditional interpretation of Držić’s Florentine episode. The fact that Držić’s plan was not ignored by the Medici government, as commonly believed until now, but became a matter of official consideration is ground-breaking. On the basis of newly found documents, the author attempts to reconstruct the chronology of Držić’s contacts with some of the most influential figures of the Medici court, his social circle, as well as the attitude of the Medici administration towards his proposal. Additionally, drawing a parallel between the plotting contents of Držić’s earlier discovered letters with the most recent find, the author suggests a different interpretation of some of the commonplaces in Držić’s political opus.
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Hrčak ID:
16197
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Publication date:
3.8.2007.
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