The House of Medici, its rise and fall
Böcker. New York, NY : Harper Perennial. 2003.
An account of the fortunes and influences of the great Florentine banking family, covering over three hundred years of soldiers, art patrons, collectors, builders, popes, statesmen, and scholars.
Includes index bibliographical references (pages 338-345) and index.
Florence and the Florentines -- The rise of the Medici -- Enemies of the Albizzi -- Exiles and masters -- Archbishops and architects -- War and peace -- Artists and mourners -- Piero the Gouty -- The young Lorenzo -- The Pope and the Pazzi -- The saviour of Florence -- The needle of the Italian compass -- Lorenzo : patron, collector and poet -- Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and the friar from Ferrara -- The excommunicant -- Return of the Medici -- 'Papa Leone!' -- The march on Rome -- Siege and murder -- Duke Cosimo I -- The heirs of Cosimo -- Ferdinando II and the French princess -- Cosimo III and the grand prince Ferdinando -- The last of the Medici.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780688053390
- Titel
- The House of Medici, its rise and fall
- Författare
- Hibbert, Christopher
- Förlag
- New York, NY : Harper Perennial
- Utgivningsår
- 2003
