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George Frederick Young The Medici

Annotated and Illustrated in Two Complete Volumes

History
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The Medici: Annotated and Illustrated in Two Complete Volumes by George Frederick Young. The Secrecy, the conspirators, the Rise and Fall of the House of the Medici. In this exquisitely written book, you get the history of thirteen generations of a family who brought Western Europe out of the cultural darkness of their time, the city of Florence to the pinnacle of its glory, and the art of masters like Michelangelo and Botticelli to the world. The Medici is a must read for anyone interested in the Renaissance. It's probably not much of an exaggeration to claim that without Medici patronage of the arts there very well would not have been an Italian Renaissance. Acquire the knowledge about the history of Europe in perhaps its most important period, about the birth of Science,and about the great collections of Art possessed by Florence. Their rise, their course upon the mountain tops of power, and their decline and end-and to keep the parts always in subordination to the whole. [more]

Keywords: Medici, Cardinal, Nemours, Francesco, Ferdinando, Ricci, History, Piero, Cosimo, Italy, Renaissance, Lorenzo, Giovanni, Giuliano, Duke, House of Medici, Art, Learning, Europe, Florence, George Frederick Young, Illustrated [more][Less]

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Politgurke (D.A.B. Beyer) Hora Medici

„Die Stunde des Arztes.“ (Und was ist mit der Praxisgebühr ?)

Poetry
German
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Neulich beim Arzt. Da glaubt man(n), man(n) ist krank, dann ist man(n)´s gar nicht. Und trotzdem ist die [more]

Keywords: Hora Medici, Politgurke, PG, D.A.B. Beyer, pg, Mittel, Uhr, Entzündung

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Edgcumbe Staley The Tragedies of the Medici

Fiction
English
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Ages 18 and up
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Bianca de' Medici, usually known as Bia de' Medici, (c. 1536 – 1 March 1542) was the illegitimate daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, born before his first marriage. After her death of a fever at about the age of six, some art historians believe her father commissioned a painting of her by Agnolo Bronzino that is one of his most famous works. The posthumous painting of Bia has inspired works of art by modern artists such as American sculptor Joseph Cornell. [more]

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Edgcumbe Staley The Tragedies of the Medici

Fiction
English
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Ages 18 and up
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When Alexandre Dumas wrote his _Crimes of the Borgias_--and other "Crimes"--he fully intended to compile a companion volume, treating [more]

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EDGCUMBE STALEY THE TRAGEDIES OF THE MEDICI

Drama
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Ages 18 and up
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The origin of the Medici family is lost in the mists of the Middle Ages, and, only here and there, can the historian gain glimpses of the lives of early forbears. Still, there is sufficient data, to be had for the digging, upon which to transcribe, inferentially at least, an interesting narrative. Away towards the end of the twelfth century,--exact dates are wholly beside the mark--there dwelt, under the shadow of one of the rugged castles of the robber-captains of the Mugello in Tuscany, a hard-working and trustworthy bonds-man--one Chiarissimo--"Old Honesty," as we may call him. [more]

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