Preferred Shelf Number:
945.5105 STR
First Title value, for Searching:
The Medici : power, money, and ambition in the Italian Renaissance
First Author value, for Searching:
Strathern, Paul, 1940- author.
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9781605989662
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First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2003.
Contents:
Medici family tree -- Medici leaders and rulers in Florence -- High noon -- Part 1. Origins of a dynasty. Ancient beginnings ; The origins of the Medici bank ; Giovanni's legacy ; Cosimo rising ; The moment of truth -- Part 2. Out of the darkness. The Medici in exile ; The dawn of humanism ; East meets West ; Art reborn : the egg dome and the human statue ; 'Father of the country' ; Piero the Gouty -- Part 3. The Prince and the prophet of doom. The Renaissance prince ; Murder in the cathedral ; Plato in the piazzas ; A succession of masters ; The tide turns ; The Bonfire of the vanities -- Part 4. The Pope and the protestant. 'Il Gigante' : a statue of biblical proportions ; Rome : the Medici's new home ; Machiavelli meets his match ; Rome and the Lion Pope ; The Pope and the protestant ; The papacy stays in the family -- Part 5. The battle for truth. A grim aftermath ; Aristocratic rule ; Medici : European royalty ; Godfathers of the scientific Renaissance ; Godfathers no more? ; Finale.
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