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The Medici, Volume 1

The Medici, Volume 1

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Number of Chapters: 43

Length: 14 hours and 59 minutes

Language: English

This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zenith of power and influence, to its eventual decay and ruin. It outlines their history in conjunction with the major events of Europe and dwells much on the artists and artworks patronized by the Medici - the impetus of the Renaissance.

This first volume brings to life the Renaissance and how Florence, through the Medici, was the epicentre of the movement that spread new learning throughout Europe. It describes some of the best and worst of the Medici, including statesmen both good and bad, popes and their intrigues, joyous festivals and tragic assassinations. (Summary by TriciaG)

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Preface and Prologue (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter I Florence (KevinS)
Chapter II The Medici (Availle)
Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 1 (Jane Bennett)
Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 2 (Jane Bennett)
Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 3 (Jane Bennett)
Part I Introduction, Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 1 (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 2 (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 3 (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 4 (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 5 (Adrian Stephens)
Chapter V The Medici Palace (Availle)
Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 3 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter VII The Frescoes in the Chapel of the Medici Palace (Availle)
Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 1 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 2 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 3 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 4 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 1 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 2 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 3 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 4 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 5 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 6 (Dick Bourgeois-Doyle)
Chapter X Pietro, the Unfortunate, part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter X Pietro, the Unfortunate, part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XI Interregnum, part 1 (Kazbek)
Chapter XI Interregnum, part 2 (Kazbek)
Chapter XI Interregnum, part 3 (Kazbek)
Chapter XI Interregnum, part 4 (Kazbek)
Chapter XII Giuliano (Duc de Nemours) and Lorenzo (Duke of Urbino) (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XIII Giovanni (Leo X.), part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XIII Giovanni (Leo X.), part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XIV The Twenty Months' Pontificate of Adrian VI. (KevinS)
Chapter XV Giulio (Clement VII.), part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XV Giulio (Clement VII.), part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XVI Clarice de' Medici (Clarice Strozzi) (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XVII Giulio (Clement VII.), part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XVII Giulio (Clement VII.), part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter XVIII Ippolito, Alessandro, and Margaret, part 1 (Dean Mock)
Chapter XVIII Ippolito, Alessandro, and Margaret, part 2 (Dean Mock)
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