The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
Brand: William Morrow & Company
Categories: Books, History, Europe

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 some of the most remarkable artists and architects of the Renaissance, to the era of the Medici Popes and Grand Dukes, Florence's slide into decay and bankruptcy, and the end, in 1737, of the Medici line.

William Morrow Paperbacks

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (May 19, 1999)
Language: English
Paperback: 364 pages
ISBN 10: 0688053394
ISBN 13: 978-0688053390
Lexile measure: 1410L
Item Weight: 14.4 ounces
Dimensions: 6 x 0.96 x 9.25 inches