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Marketing a Medici Regime: The Funeral Oration of Marcello Virgilio Adrianifor Giuliano de' Medici (1516)

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John M. McManamon S.J.
John M. McManamon S.J.*
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Loyola University of Chicago
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On 17 March 1516, Giuliano De' Medici Died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Badia of Fiesole. Third son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Giuliano had received the title of duke of Nemours from King Francis I of France four months before his death. By dying, he may have committed his most politically significant act, for the Medici regime mobilized its resources to exploit the opportunities that the occasion presented. On March 19, the governors of the city orchestrated a great public funeral, which intended to celebrate the memory of Giuliano and the restoration of Medici hegemony.

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Renaissance Quarterly , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , Spring 1991 , pp. 1 - 41
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Copyright © Renaissance Society of America 1991

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