| Description |
xi, 240 pages : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table. ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Origin and growth of the commune of Florence: from dependence to independence -- The independent republic: from the ordinances of justice to the rise of the Medici -- The pre-Medicean stages of Florentine culture -- The rise of Cosimo -- The rule of Cosimo -- The rule of Lorenzo through the Pazzi conspiracy -- The rule of Lorenzo from the Pazzi conspiracy to his death -- Lorenzo as humanist, poet, patron, and ruler -- The overthrow of Piero II followed by the republican interlude of 1494-1512 -- The rule of pope Leo X -- the rule of pope Clement VII including the republican interlude of 1527-1530 -- The rule of Alessandro, first and last duke of Florence of the older Medicean line |
| Bibliography |
"Bibliographical note": pages 227-228 |
| Subject |
Medici, House of.
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| SUBJECT |
Florence (Italy) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049194
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| LC no. |
49050140 |
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