Florence's Embassy to the Sultan of Egypt

Mahnaz Yousefzadeh is Professor of Global Liberal Studies at New York University, USA.  She is the author of City and Nation in Italian Unification (2011) and numerous articles on the history of the Early Modern Mediterranean. Her most recent articles are interdisciplinary case studies of Italy’s encounters with Persico-Islamic world during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

• 1. Faith and Finance: Felice Brancacci’s Visit to the Sultan and Masaccio’s Tribute Money.- 2. On Translating the Chronicle of Felice di Michele Brancacci’s Visit to Sultan Barsbay.- 3. Chronicle of Felice Brancaccci Ambassador with Carlo Federighi to Cairo For the Commune of Florence 1422.- Appendix 1: Instructions of City of Florence.- Appendix 2. Sultan Barsbay to City of Florence.- Appendix 3. Sultan Barsbay to City of Florence.