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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MEDICI

Written by Christopher Hibbert, Harold Acton
Published by Folio Society in 1998

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Front cover

Cover of THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MEDICI by Christopher Hibbert; Harold Acton

Contents

  • Foreword
  • Author's Note
  • Maps
  • PART ONE
  • Il Quattrocento
  • 1 Florence and the Florentines
  • 2 The Rise of the Medici
  • 3 Enemies of the Albizzi
  • 4 Exiles and Masters
  • 5 Archbishops and Architects
  • 6 War and Peace
  • 7 Artists and Mourners
  • PART TWO
  • 1464 - 1492
  • 8 Piero the Gouty
  • 9 The Young Lorenzo
  • 10 The Pope and the Pazzi
  • 11 The Saviour of Florence
  • 12 The Needle of the Italian Compass
  • 13 Lorenzo: Patron, Collector and Poet
  • PART THREE
  • 1492 - 1537
  • 14 Piero Di Lorenzo De'Medici and the Friar from Ferrara
  • 15 The Excommunicant
  • 16 Return of the Medici
  • 17 'Papa Leone!'
  • 18 The March on Rome
  • 19 Siege and Murder
  • PART FOUR
  • 1537 - 1743
  • 20 Duke Cosimo I
  • 21 The Heirs of Cosimo
  • 22 Ferdinando II and the French Princess
  • 23 Cosimo III and the Grand Prince Ferdinando
  • 24 The Last of the Medici
  • Notes on the Buildings and Works of Art
  • The Principal Medici Portraits, Busts and Statues in Florence
  • Bibliography
  • Genealogical Tables
  • Index