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Matteo Palmieri (1406-1475)

Florentine humanist and politician

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Matteo Palmieri was born in 1406 into a family with a record of political participation and he devoted the major part of his life to serving the Florentine republic as a politician, holding most of the senior offices during his lifetime. In addition to the highest post of Gonfaloniere di Giustizia, Matteo also acted as ambassador on several occasions, and held numerous governorships in subject towns and territories. He was noted for his wisdom, integrity and eloquence and, in 1453, he was asked to give the funeral oration for Carlo Marsuppini, the Chancellor of Florence. Early in his political career, Matteo wrote the Della Vita Civile, a work which discusses the education of a citizen and the nature of his duties to the republic. He also wrote four historical works, two of which, the Annales and the De Temporibus are chronicles. The third historical wars, the Vita N. Acciaioli is a biography, and the fourth, the De Captivitate Pisarum Liber, is an account of the capture of Pisa by Florence in 1406. His last work, the Citta di Vita, is a long neo-Platonic poem which examines the moral choices facing the soul during its earthly life. On his death, in 1475, in recognition of his services to the Florentine republic, Palmieri was honoured with a public funeral, a mark of respect which was seldom awarded to men who had not held the exalted post of Chancellor of Florence. Yet after his death, the Citta di Vita was suspected of containing unorthodox religious ideas and rumours circulated that Palmieri had been a heretic and had been burned at the stake.
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DOI 10.2870/639956
Katalognummer QM-TA-16-010-EN-N
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ISSN ISBN DOI 10.2870/639956 Katalognummer QM-TA-16-010-EN-N
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