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Index
Title
Contents
Maps
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?
29. Finale
Acknowledgements
Sources
Illustrations
Index
Copyright
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