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There is one final document. On April 23, 1518, eight days after his sixty-seventh birthday, Leonardo had his last will and testament drawn up by a notary in Amboise, witnessed, and signed. He had been ill, and like a good son of a notary he began getting his affairs in order. It begins, “Be it known to all persons, present and to come, that at the

Washington looked favorably upon William Gordon’s history, as long as Congress first gave him license to open up his papers. A dissenting minister from Roxbury, Massachusetts, Dr. Gordon had been a staunch supporter of the independence movement. When Congress gave Washington its approval to unseal his papers, the indefatigable Gordon spent more tha

Dans ses écrits, Rucellai forge le terme « équilibre des pouvoirs » pour décrire les conflits et les revirements d’alliances constants entre Florence, Milan et d’autres cités-États italiennes. Ces jeux politiques impliquent une horde de papes, de rois français et d’empereurs romains germaniques. La concurrence entre les dirigeants est aussi culture

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