Medici, Volume 1

by G. F. Young

Art, Design & Architecture Biography & Autobiography History

43 chapters14h 59mEnglish1911

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This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zenith of power and influence, to its eventual decay and ruin. It outlines their history in conjunction with the major events of Europe and dwells much on the artists and artworks patronized by the Medici - the impetus of the Renaissance. This first volume brings to life the Renaissance and how Florence, through the Medici, was the epicentre of the movement that spread new learning throughout Europe. It describes some of the best and worst of the Medici, including statesmen both good and bad, popes and their intrigues, joyous festivals and tragic assassinations. (Summary by TriciaG)

Chapters (42)

1Chapter I Florence

717

2Chapter II The Medici

676

3Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 1

1214

4Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 2

1550

5Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 3

1947

6Part I Introduction, Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 1

1432

7Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 2

1642

8Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 3

1716

9Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 4

1627

10Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 5

1738

11Chapter V The Medici Palace

961

12Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 1

1649

13Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 2

1217

14Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 3

1482

15Chapter VII The Frescoes in the Chapel of the Medici Palace

1691

16Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 1

1067

17Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 2

1239

18Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 3

1320

19Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 4

320

20Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 1

1007

21Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 2

1036

22Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 3

1234

23Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 4

1087

24Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 5

1114

25Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 6

766

26Chapter X Pietro, the Unfortunate, part 1

1406

27Chapter X Pietro, the Unfortunate, part 2

1155

28Chapter XI Interregnum, part 1

1933

29Chapter XI Interregnum, part 2

1303

30Chapter XI Interregnum, part 3

936

31Chapter XI Interregnum, part 4

1642

32Chapter XII Giuliano (Duc de Nemours) and Lorenzo (Duke of Urbino)

1786

33Chapter XIII Giovanni (Leo X.), part 1

1299

34Chapter XIII Giovanni (Leo X.), part 2

1223

35Chapter XIV The Twenty Months' Pontificate of Adrian VI.

934

36Chapter XV Giulio (Clement VII.), part 1

1048

37Chapter XV Giulio (Clement VII.), part 2

997

38Chapter XVI Clarice de' Medici (Clarice Strozzi)

798

39Chapter XVII Giulio (Clement VII.), part 1

1481

40Chapter XVII Giulio (Clement VII.), part 2

1417

41Chapter XVIII Ippolito, Alessandro, and Margaret, part 1

1130

42Chapter XVIII Ippolito, Alessandro, and Margaret, part 2

926

Medici, Volume 1

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