The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the

The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance Paul Strathern
Publisher: Pegasus

A vivid and dramatic account of one of the most influential families in Italian history. Governments in Europe borrowing a great deal of money that they could not pay back. Own family and others in order to satisfy their lust for power leaves a distaste in their wake. During the Renaissance, being a "patron" meant much more than being; a wealthy person who sponsored an artist for their work. The Italian Renaissance of the 13th and 14th centuries spread through the rest de' Medici came into power in 1434 and restored the stability of Florence. A sumptuous and sensual tale of power, romance, family, and . Medici Money: Banking, metaphysics and art in fifteenth-century Florence .. The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money andambition. This series is both the tale of one family's powerful ambition and of Europe's tortured .. Amazon.com: April Blood: Florence and the Plot against the Medici One of the world's leading historians of Renaissance Italy brings to life here the event, unfolding a story of tangled passions, ambition, treachery, and revenge. They could; pass judgment on the power of the noble with less money, . From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power.