All the grand dukes' men: an overview of the Persian information network of Medici Tuscany between 1600 and 1639.
This article provides an overview of the Tuscan information network on Safavid Persia, paying particular attention to the first decades of the seventeenth century. Since Tuscany established diplomatic relations with Persia in an anti-Ottoman spirit, the issue of how the grand dukes were able to obta...
| Published in: | Mediterranean Historical Review Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 93 - 112 |
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