The Medici Archive Project (MAP) is an independent research institute whose aim is to preserve and valorize the archives of the Medici dynasty, which comprise over fifteen million documents (many of them are featured in the MIA DATABASE). MAP also serves as a major academic hub for scholars and students worldwide in the field of Italian Renaissance and early modern studies.
The Forum will be an interview with Alessandro Lo Bartolo, author of Il tiranno fiorentino. Vita e leggenda nera di Alessandro de’ Medici (Laterza 2025), conducted by Alessio Assonitis. The interview will touch upon the figure of Alessandro de’ Medici and the research that Lo Bartolo did over the last ten years on the first Duke of the Florentine Republic, on the Florentine institutions of the time, and on the legal and political framework in which the Medici became princes. It will also focus on the difficulties of reconstructing Alessandro de’ Medici’s life and reign considering the “black legend” that surrounded him and the scarcity of primary archival sources.
The Forum will be an interview with Alessandro Lo Bartolo, author of Il tiranno fiorentino. Vita e leggenda nera di Alessandro de’ Medici (Laterza 2025), conducted by Alessio Assonitis. The interview will touch upon the figure of Alessandro de’ Medici and the research that Lo Bartolo did over the last ten years on the first Duke of the Florentine Republic, on the Florentine institutions of the time, and on the legal and political framework in which the Medici became princes. It will also focus on the difficulties of reconstructing Alessandro de’ Medici’s life and reign considering the “black legend” that surrounded him and the scarcity of primary archival sources.
Individuals who join Friends of MAP share in the thrill of historical discovery thanks to special experiences reserved just for them, including the MAP Forum (our online lecture series), and a host of other features such as weekly free lessons in reading Italian documents called “Friday Lunch Letters.”
