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The House Of Medici

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Author : Christopher Hibbert
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2012-07-17

The House Of Medici written by Christopher Hibbert and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-17 with History categories.

It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, benefactors who turned Florence into a global power center, and then lost it all. The House of Medici picks up where Barbara Tuchman's Hibbert delves into the lives of the Medici family, whose legacy of increasing self-indulgence and sexual dalliance eventually led to its self-destruction. With twenty-four pages of black-and-white illustrations, this timeless saga is one of Quill's strongest-selling paperbacks.

The Rise And Fall Of The House Of Medici

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Author : Christopher Hibbert
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2001-12-06

The Rise And Fall Of The House Of Medici written by Christopher Hibbert and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-06 with History categories.

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family’s huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence. Beginning in the early 1430s with the rise of the dynasty under the near-legendary Cosimo de Medici, it moves through their golden era as patrons of some of the most remarkable artists and architects of the Renaissance, to the era of the Medici Popes and Grand Dukes, Florence’s slide into decay and bankruptcy, and the end, in 1737, of the Medici line.

Memoirs Of The House Of Medici

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Author : Nicholaas Ten Hove
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1797

Memoirs Of The House Of Medici written by Nicholaas Ten Hove and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1797 with Nobility categories.

The Rise And Fall Of The House Of Medici

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

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House Of Medici

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Author : Captivating History
language : en
Publisher: Captivating History
Release Date : 2021-10-30

House Of Medici written by Captivating History and has been published by Captivating History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-30 with Education categories.

Meet the Medici family, who, in some ways, can be considered to be the godfathers of the Renaissance. They patronized Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci, among many other famous artists.

Inheritance Of Power

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Author : Edward Charles
language : en
Publisher: Claymore Press
Release Date : 2013-06-26

Inheritance Of Power written by Edward Charles and has been published by Claymore Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-26 with Fiction categories.

Fifteenth Century Florence; arena of intrigue, glamour, wealth, deception and high political drama. The playground of the famed and powerful Medici clan, in which tensions stir, loyalties divide, and the survival of a dynasty hangs in the balance...??Ever-loyal Maddalena, a diminutive, blue-eyed, black slave, has borne Cosimo de Medici a son and seen him rise to the position of cardinal.??Now, late in life, she finds herself committed to a convent, as part of a scheme to protect the Medici Bank from ruin by Cosimo’s sons by hiding a fortune in gold for Cosimo’s grandson, Lorenzo, to inherit.??But as the months go by, and the gold does not appear, her faith in Cosimo begins to wane and with it, her confidence in her own worth. Has she been duped???Approaching old age, she finds in the abbess a confessor, to whom she can confide her true story and perhaps, at the same time, to convince herself that her life has been worthwhile. But the abbess, too, has objectives of her own, and the two of them may not be on the same side.??Edward Charles presents us here with an enthralling evocation of Fifteenth Century Florence, arena of intrigue, glamour, wealth and deception. One woman's devotion forms the foundation upon which the famed Medici bank was built. The largest and most respected financial institution in Europe in it's prime, it came to represent the might of the influential Medici clan, a family of great power, borne of Italy's gold; a family who scaled the very heights of human grandeur but were to suffer through one of the most catastrophic financial crashes of early banking.

Summary Of Christopher Hibbert S The House Of Medici

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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-06-22T22:59:00Z

Summary Of Christopher Hibbert S The House Of Medici written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-22T22:59:00Z with Architecture categories.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Florence in 1433 was a city of squares and towers, of busy, narrow, and twisting streets, of fortress-like palaces with massive stone walls and overhanging balconies, of old churches with geometrical patterns on their façades, and of abbeys and convents. #2 The city was very congested around the stone bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, which spanned the Arno at its narrowest point. The area around the Orsanmichele, the communal granary, was the bankers' district in summer. #3 The Florentine people were known for their frugality, but they had become more extravagant in recent years. The stone houses of the well-to-do still presented a severe, even forbidding appearance to the street, but behind the glazed and curtained windows, the rooms were often carpeted, painted, and hung with tapestries. #4 The wives of Florentine merchants were famous for their lavish clothes, their elegance, and their pale skin. If their hair was too dark, they dyed it or wore a wig of white or yellow silk. They were not allowed to wear buttons or ermine.

Medici Money

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Author : Tim Parks
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2013-08-22

Medici Money written by Tim Parks and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-22 with History categories.

The Medici are famous as the rulers of Florence at the high point of the Renaissance. Their power derived from the family bank, and this book tells the fascinating, frequently bloody story of the family and the dramatic development and collapse of their bank (from Cosimo who took it over in 1419 to his grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent who presided over its precipitous decline). The Medici faced two apparently insuperable problems: how did a banker deal with the fact that the Church regarded interest as a sin and had made it illegal? How in a small republic like Florence could he avoid having his wealth taken away by taxation? But the bank became indispensable to the Church. And the family completely subverted Florence's claims to being democratic. They ran the city. Medici Money explores a crucial moment in the passage from the Middle Ages to the Modern world, a moment when our own attitudes to money and morals were being formed. To read this book is to understand how much the Renaissance has to tell us about our own world. Medici Money is one of the launch titles in a new series, Atlas Books, edited by James Atlas. Atlas Books pairs fine writers with stories of the economic forces that have shaped the world, in a new genre - the business book as literature.

The Medici

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Author : Paul Strathern
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-02-22

The Medici written by Paul Strathern and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-22 with Art categories.

A dazzling piece of Italian history of the infamous family that become one of the most powerful in Europe, weaving its history with Renaissance greats from Leonardo da Vinci to Galileo Against the background of an age which saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. Strathern paints a vivid narrative of the dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Strathern also follows the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings, including Leonardo, Michelangelo and Donatello; as well as scientists like Galileo and Pico della Mirandola; and the fortunes of those members of the Medici family who achieved success away from Florence, including the two Medici popes and Catherine de' Médicis, who became Queen of France and played a major role in that country through three turbulent reigns. ‘A great overview of one family's centuries-long role in changing the face of Europe’ Irish Independent

Inheritance Of Power

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Author : Edward Charles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

Inheritance Of Power written by Edward Charles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Florence (Italy) categories.

Ever-loyal Maddalena, a diminutive, blue-eyed, black slave, has borne Cosimo de Medici a son and seen him rise to the position of cardinal. Now, late in life, she finds herself committed to a convent, as part of a scheme to protect the Medici Bank from ruin by Cosimo's sons, by hiding a fortune in gold for Cosimo's grandson, Lorenzo, to inherit. But as the months go by, and the gold does not appear, her faith in Cosimo begins to wane and with it, her confidence in her own worth. Has she been duped?