The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
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Book Overview
A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money, and ambition. Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning Paul Strathern explores the intensely 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' M dicis, who became Queen of France and played a major role in that country through three turbulent reigns.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1681774089
ISBN13:9781681774084
Release Date:October 2017
Publisher:Pegasus Books
Length:464 Pages
Weight:1.19 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
the medici godfathers of the renaisance
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
one of the best books about the renaisance that i have read. great historical, religious, political and cultural perspective of the period . it makes you feel you coexist with the wonders and perils of the period.
Nice narrative introduction into the world of Renaissance
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
The book is written in a narrative style telling the story of the entire Medici Dynasty. Paul Strathern understands to put his main charakters into the appropriate historical background. I liked the crosslinks to many historically important charakters and their achievements. The end of the book loses a bit of it's flavour due to the disperse stories told about europe's nobility.
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