„Il bollore della lega“: Rapporti politici e intese diplomatiche tra Firenze e i legati di Bologna negli anni Venti del Quattrocento.

Within the context of a renewal of Italian diplomatic studies, this essay analyses Florentine diplomatic strategies during the early decades of the 15th century, with the aim of shedding light on the close relationships between Florence and the legates of Bologna in the 1420s (Carrillo, Condulmer, Alamanni). Using both archival sources and the scholarly bibliography, the paper illustrates the features and effects of Florentine diplomacy with these papal representatives. This study demonstrates not only the importance of these negotiations within the wars against Filippo Maria Visconti but also how some future developments in Florentine politics and society originated from the bonds established in this period with these prelates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]