 | A Jew at the Medici Court: The Letters of Benedetto BlanisHebreo(1615-1621) Subjects: Blanis Benedetto ca. 1580–1647 -- Correspondence; Medici Giovanni de’ 1567–1621 -- Correspondence; Jews -- Italy -- Florence -- Correspondence; Librarians -- Italy -- Florence -- Correspondence; Readers can now take a step closer and hear Blanis's compelling story in his own words; tracing his fraught relations with Jews and Christians, his desperate (and often illegal) business schemes, his disastrous strategies for advancement at the Medici Court, and his pursuit of arcane knowledge, including astrology, alchemy, and Kabbalah. Goldberg Edward L. : Edward Goldberg is an art historian and a long-time resident of Florence. He has worked for more than thirty years in the Medici Granducal Archive. |
