Death in Florence : the Medici, Savonarola and the battle for the soul of the renaissance city /
Author / Creator: | Strathern, Paul. |
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Imprint: | London : Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2011. |
Description: | xv, 428 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8390478 |
Summary: | By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling Medici embodied the progressive humanist spirit of the age, and in Lorenzo the Magnificent they possessed a diplomat capable of guarding the militarily weak city in a climate of constantly shifting allegiances between the major Italian powers. |
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Physical Description: | xv, 428 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-408) and index. |
ISBN: | 0224089781 9780224089784 |