Bernardo Rucellai and the Orti Oricellari: A Study on the Origin of Modern Political Thought

@article{Gilbert1949BernardoRA,
  title={Bernardo Rucellai and the Orti Oricellari: A Study on the Origin of Modern Political Thought},
  author={Felix Gilbert},
  journal={Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes},
  year={1949},
  volume={12},
  pages={101 - 131}
}
  • F. Gilbert
  • Published 1 January 1949
  • History
  • Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes
n his Florentine History, Francesco Guicciardini, writing almost simultaneously with events in which he himself had participated, describes the clashes of personalities and the conflicts of the factions involved in the disintegration of the regime of the Gonfaloniere Piero Soderini. The reader of Guicciardini's narrative sees Bernardo Rucellai, a leading representative of the Florentine aristocracy, emerge as one of the leading figures in the struggle against Soderini; and Guicciardini follows… 
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