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The Medici Granducal Archive is a priceless trove of fact, lore, and inference about the people and communities of Renaissance and early modern Italy. As patrons of the arts, The Medici Grand Dukes presided over the most brilliant court in Renaissance and Baroque Europe during what was perhaps Mankind’s greatest period of creativity and enlightenment. Their correspondence reveals the inner thoughts of artists, composers, literary figures, and scientists and discloses the personal dynamics involved in global politics and economics of the day, as the Medici built their empire, offering a uniquely intimate view of the period to scholars, students, and the general public.