The Medici

List of Illustrations

Medici Family Tree

Medici Leaders and Rulers in Florence

Prologue: High Noon

Part 1: Origins of a Dynasty

1. Ancient Beginnings

2. The Origins of the Medici Bank

3. Giovanni’s Legacy

4. Cosimo Rising

5. The Moment of Truth

Part 2: Out of the Darkness

6. The Medici in Exile

7. The Dawn of Humanism

8. East Meets West

9. Art Reborn: The Egg Dome and the Human Statue

10. ‘Father of the Country’

11. Piero the Gouty

Part 3: The Prince and the Prophet of Doom

12. The Renaissance Prince

13. Murder in the Cathedral

14. Plato in the Piazzas

15. A Succession of Masters

16. The Tide Turns

17. The Bonfire of the Vanities

Part 4: The Pope and the Protestant

18. Il Gigante – A Statue of Biblical Proportions

19. Rome: The Medici’s New Home

20. Machiavelli Meets His Match

21. Rome and the Lion Pope

22. The Pope and the Protestant

23. The Papacy Stays in the Family

Part 5: The Battle for Truth

24. A Grim Aftermath

25. Aristocratic Rule

26. Medici – European Royalty

27. Godfathers of the Scientific Renaissance

28. Godfathers No More?

Acknowledgements