Among the correspondence, news reports, and other material in the Mediceo del Principato corpus are many vivid documents attesting to contemporary attitudes toward sex, gender, and social mores.
Religious dissent and social turmoil characterized the period from the sixteenth through seventeeth centuries and this turbulence is reflected in the many documents concerning heresy in the Medici
Accounts of violence, both public and private proliferate in the documents of the Medici Archive; from domestic violence, rape, murder, capital punishment, and duels to armed conflicts involving im
Within the documents of the Mediceo del Principato are elaborate descriptions of luxury items of all kinds, rich tapestries, elegant furnishings, ornate carriages, precious jewels, sumptuous garmen
