Edinburgh Review
A Dictionary of British History
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Edinburgh Review Founded in 1802 by Henry Erskine and Francis Jeffrey, the latter as editor for the first 26 years, it followed a radical Whig line and its contributors included Henry
Brougham, Francis
Horner,
Sydney Smith,
Macaulay, and Thomas
Carlyle. ‘To be an
Edinburgh Reviewer’, wrote
Hazlitt, ‘is, I suspect, the highest rank in modern literary society.’ It survived until 1929.
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John Webster, James Shirley, and the Melbourne manuscript.(essay)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...involves Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (here...Alexander), and his favorite, Lorenzino de' Medici (here Lorenzo). After...historical Alessandro de' Medici was indeed assassinated by Lorenzino. Since there are abundant...
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Trafalgar Square Publishing, dist.(Reviewer's Choice)(Apology For A Murder)(Manon Lescaut)(Essential Guide )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 9/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...that lesser-known works by established classic writers do not go unheralded. New additions to the series include Lorenzino de Medici's Apology For A Murder (18439-10799, $12.00), analyzing the author's own murderer and the murderer...
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Arty popes
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 2/1/2004; ; 698 words
; ...tricky part is remembering which Medici was which. Naming the four Medici popes in the correct order...Cosimos, four Lorenzos and a Lorenzino. London-based philosopher...to stage a coup against the Medici with the clandestine support...
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John Walsh on Monday: Blair implicated in Cornettogate riddle
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/9/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...mendacious, nose-extending marionette's creator, Carlo Lorenzino, was born here; that the original Bonfire of the Vanities...awesome grandeur of high Renaissance art and the epic intrigue of Medici family history can be brought down to a few happy details of...
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Lorenzino de' Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lorenzino de' Medici , 1515-47, member of the cadet branch of the Medici family. A boon companion of Alessandro de' Medici , he secretly plotted the duke's murder—possibly out of republican convictions. With a hired assassin...
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Alessandro de' Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...when Pope Clement VII , then head of the Medici family succeeded (1530) in restoring the Medici to power in Florence after a three-year...in turn two years later by a relative, Lorenzino de' Medici (see separate article). The elder Medici...
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Cosimo I de' Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cosimo I de' Medici 1519-74, duke of Florence (1537-69), grand...of Tuscany (1569-74); son of Giovanni de' Medici (Giovanni delle Bande Nere). In 1537, Lorenzino de' Medici murdered Cosimo's predecessor, Alessandro de...
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Medici
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...queen of France; Ippolito de' Medici; Alessandro de' Medici; and Pope Clement VII. Giovanni...younger line, which included Lorenzino; Giovanni (delle Bande Nere...whose daughter was Marie de' Medici), Ferdinand I, Cosimo II...
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Larivey, Pierre De
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...in the provinces, and also in Paris. The best known, Les Esprits ( The Ghosts ), is taken from a comedy by Lorenzino de' Medici, itself based on material from Plautus and Terence ; in its turn it provided material for both Moliè...
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