The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition] 978-1-60598-966-2, 1605989665, 978-1-68177-113-7

Table of contents :
Content: 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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