THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MEDICI
Written by Christopher Hibbert, Harold Acton
Published by Folio Society
in 1998
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MIDDLE AGES
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Front cover
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