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The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
By Strathern, Paul
- ISBN
- 9781605989662 9781681771137
- Publisher
- Pegasus
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Reviewed on January 1, 2016 | Social Sciences
As bankers and statesmen, cardinals and scholars, reprobates and royalty, the Medici family left an indelible mark on European history and culture. With financial power deriving from a vast banking empire, Medici descendants at various times were among the richest people in the Western world. It is a lineage that produced two popes and two queens of France, a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
