The Family Medici: The Hidden History of the Medici Dynasty

by Mary Hollingsworth

Book Overview

Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Medici gained massive political power in Florence, raising the city to a peak of cultural achievement and becoming its hereditary dukes. Among their number were no fewer than three popes and a powerful and influential queen of France. Their influence brought about an explosion of Florentine art and architecture. Michelangelo, Donatello, Fra Angelico, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681776480
• ISBN13: 9781681776484
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"