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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | House of Medici |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Christopher Hibbert |
| ISBN: | 0688053394 9780688053390 |
| OCLC Number: | 52516848 |
| Notes: | Originally published: The rise and fall of the House of Medici. Great Britain, 1974. Reprint. Originally published: Quill, 1980. |
| Description: | 364, [24] p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part one: Il quattrocento -- Florence and the Florentines -- The rise of the Medici -- Enemies of the Albizzi -- Exiles and masters -- Archbishops and architects -- War and peace -- Artists and mourners -- Part two: 1464-1492 -- Piero the gouty -- The young lorenzo -- The pope and the pazzi -- The saviour of Florence -- The needle of the Italian compass -- Lorenzo: patron, collector and poet -- Part three: 1492-1537 -- Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and the friar from Ferrara -- The excommunicant -- Return of the Medici -- "Papa Leone!" -- The march on Rome -- Siege and murder -- Part four: 1537-1743 -- Duke Cosimo I -- The heirs of Cosimo -- Ferdinando II and the French princess -- Cosimo III and the grand prince Ferdinando -- The last of the Medici. |
| Other Titles: | Rise and fall of the House of Medici |
| Responsibility: | Christopher Hibbert. |
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