April blood
Subtitle: Florence and the plot against the Medici
By: Lauro Martines.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780195152951
Subjects: Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492; Medici, House of; Statesmen -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography; Nobility -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography; Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Conspiracy; title: Social climbers; title: Profile: Manetti; title: The Pazzi family; title: Profile : Soderini; title: Enter Lorenzo; title: April blood; title: Assaulting the body : 'cannibalism'; title: A soldier confesses; title: Raging : Pope and citizen; title: The Pazzi cursed; title: Profile : Rinuccini; title: Lorenzo : Lord and citizen; title: The bottom line