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The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici - Hibbert, Christopher
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At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence. Beginning in the early 1430s with the rise of the dynasty under the near-legendary Cosimo de Medici, it moves through their golden era as patrons of ...

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The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici 1979, Penguin Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780140050905

Mass-market paperback

Rise and Fall of the House of Medici 1974, Allen Lane

ISBN-13: 9780713909555

Hardcover