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from Part III - Piero in Power
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2019
The departure of Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco from their villas at Olmo and Cafaggiolo on 13–14 October had been triggered by yet another French deputation that had arrived in Florence ten days earlier. This time the envoy was met by Piero (with a present in hand) and Domenico Bonsi, and after later lengthy discussions with Piero and his secretary Dovizi, he and the French ambassador already in Florence were officially received by the Signoria on 7 October.1 Not awaiting an official reply, they both left on the 11th to join the king in Parma, with permission, however, to talk to Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco en route – who then fled their villas two or three days later.2 On 16 October, ‘having heard of the departure of Pierfrancesco’s sons’, the Otto di Pratica, with ten coopted citizens including Piero – the residual core of the inner elite – were summoned to what turned out to be their last recorded meeting to discuss what to do and what security measures should be taken.3
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