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The Medici, power, money, and ambition in the Italian Renaissance, Paul Strathern

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The Medici, power, money, and ambition in the Italian Renaissance, Paul Strathern

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-417) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

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mapsillustrationsplatesgenealogical tables

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Medici

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

911364566

Responsibility statement

Paul Strathern

Sub title

power, money, and ambition in the Italian Renaissance

Table Of Contents

Medici leaders and rulers in Florence -- High noon -- Origins of a dynasty. Ancient beginnings ; The origins of the Medici bank ; Giovanni's legacy ; Cosimo rising ; The moment of truth -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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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