The Medici family dominated political and cultural life in Florence for three centuries, but the received wisdom, that they were beneficent, enlightened rulers, is challenged by Renaissance scholar Mary Hollingsworth in this engrossing, fully illustrated account' Choice Magazine.

Autorentext
Mary Hollingsworth is a scholar of the Italian Renaissance and the author of The Medici , which was widely praised on its publication by Head of Zeus in 2017, Princes of the Renaissance and Conclave 1559 . Her other books include The Cardinal's Hat and The Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty and Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century .

Klappentext

A new slant on the rise and fall of the House of Medici, which shaped political and cultural life in Florence for three centuries.

Zusammenfassung
A fresh telling of the rise and fall of the House of Medici, the family that dominated political and cultural life in Florence for three centuries.