MARCELLO SIMONETTA - The Vettori Brothers: Machiavelli's Brilliant Friends

MAP FORUM - 10 December 2024 The Vettori Brothers: Machiavelli's Brilliant Friends The recent discovery of the Vettori Family Archive allows scholars to access unpublished letters exchanged among the brothers who were close friends of Machiavelli. This talk will address their political and personal relationships. Marcello Simonetta earned his laurea at Sapienza in Rome and his Ph.D. at Yale University. He has authored several books, among which his Medici trilogy, “The Montefeltro Conspiracy” (Doubleday, New York: 2007, translated in ten languages), “Volpi e Leoni. I Medici, Machiavelli e la rovina d’Italia” (Bompiani, Milan: 2014, translated in four languages) and “Caterina de’ Medici. Storia segreta di una faida famigliare” (Rizzoli, Milan: 2018, translated in four languages). He has also published monographs on Petrarch and Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Pier Luigi Farnese, and many scholarly articles. He has edited sources in Renaissance literary, historical, and diplomatic history. Marcello is the Director of the Arte del Negozio Program at the Medici Archive Project. He is also teaching Political Theory at NYU Florence and Syracuse University.