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Index
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ILLUSTRATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR'S NOTE
MAPS
FLORENCE
1: THE ROMAN CITY 59 BC-AD 405
2: MARAUDERS, EMPERORS AND MARGRAVES 405 – 1115
3: MERCHANTS, GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES 1115 – 1280
4: BLACKS AND WHITES 1280 – 1302
5: LIFE IN DANTE'S FLORENCE 1265 – 1348
6: STRIKES AND RIOTS 1348 – 1420
7: THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF MEDICI 1420–39
8: ARTISTS OF THE MEDICI 1439 – 64
9: FATHER OF THE COUNTRY 1455 – 64
10: WIVES AND WEDDINGS 1464 – 72
11: THE PAZZI CONSPIRACY 1478
12: LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT 1478 – 92
13: THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES 1492 – 8
14: CONSPIRATORS AND CARDINALS 1498–1527 – 1527
15: SIEGE AND MURDER 1527 – 37
16: THE GRAND DUKE COSIMO I 1537 – 74
17: PAGEANTS AND PLEASURES 1560 – 1765
18: TOURISTS AND TUFT-HUNTERS 1740 – 88
19: THE GRAND DUKE PETER LEOPOLD 1765 – 91
20: NAPOLEONIC INTERLUDE 1796 – 1827
21: RISORGIMENTO 1814–59
22: THE CAPITAL OF ITALY
23: ‘VILLE TOUTE ANGLAISE’
24: RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
25: ‘FIRENZE FASCISTISSIMA’ 1919 – 40
26: WAR AND PEACE 1940 – 66
27: FLOOD AND RESTORATION 1966 – 92
Illustrations
NOTES ON BUILDINGS AND WORKS OF ART
TABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
THE MEDICI FAMILY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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