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The conflict after the Pazzi conspiracy and Poliziano's ‘Coniurationis commentarium’ : literature, law and politics

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Celati, Marta (2019) The conflict after the Pazzi conspiracy and Poliziano's ‘Coniurationis commentarium’ : literature, law and politics. Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies, 53 (2). pp. 327-349. doi:10.1177/0014585819831649 ISSN 0014-5858.

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Abstract

This article aims to analyse how and to what extent juridical and diplomatic issues influenced Angelo Poliziano's Coniurationis commentarium, the very famous literary account of the Pazzi conspiracy against the Medici brothers (1478). Written immediately after the plot, Poliziano's work is a sophisticated literary transposition of the historical events and is conceived as the cornerstone of the Medici propaganda, aimed at supporting the Florentine government against the accusations by the instigators of the attack, Pope Sixtus IV and the King of Naples, Ferdinando of Aragon. In particular, the juridical controversy between Florence and Rome, which is built on different legal texts and doctrinal documents, plays a not irrelevant role in the composition of Poliziano's work. The Commentarium indeed shows unspoken but direct correlations with the legal consilia commissioned by Lorenzo de' Medici from the most eminent Italian jurists, who formulated the Medici's official defence against the pope. Poliziano himself actively collaborated in the collection of these consilia and was influenced by diplomatic and legal issues also in the revision of his literary work two years after the composition, in 1480, in a changed political context.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations
D History General and Old World > DG Italy
P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Italian
Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Humanists in literature , Consilia, Papacy, Pazzi Conspiracy, 1478
Journal or Publication Title: Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
ISSN: 0014-5858
Official Date: 1 August 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
1 August 2019Published
26 February 2019Available
17 September 2017Accepted
Volume: 53
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 327-349
DOI: 10.1177/0014585819831649
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): Celati, Marta (2019) The conflict after the Pazzi conspiracy and Poliziano's ‘Coniurationis commentarium’ : literature, law and politics. Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies, 53 (2). pp. 327-349. Copyright © 2020. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0014585819831649
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 6 April 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 6 April 2020

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