Wealthy bankers, wise politicians, patrons of the arts, glittering dukes... so runs the traditional telling of the story of the Medici, the family that ruled Florence for two hundred years and inspired the birth of the Italian Renaissance.
In this definitive account of their rise and fall, Mary Hollingsworth argues that the idea that the Medici were wise rulers and enlightened fathers of the Renaissance is a fiction. In truth, she says, the Medici were as devious and immoral as the Borgias - tyrants loathed in the city they illegally made their own and which they beggared in their lust for power.
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Mary Hollingsworth is a scholar of the Italian Renaissance and the author of The Medici, which was widely praised on its publication by Head of Zeus in 2017, Princes of the Renaissance, published in 2021 and Conclave 1559: The Story of a Papal Election (2021). Her other books include The Cardinal's Hat, The Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty and Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century.
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<div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"><span class="a-text-bold">Mary Hollingsworth</span> is a scholar of the Italian Renaissance and the author of <span class="a-text-italic">The Medici</span>, which was widely praised on its publication by Head of Zeus in 2017, <span class="a-text-italic">Princes of the Renaissance</span>, published in 2021 and <span class="a-text-italic">Conclave 1559: The Story of a Papal Election</span> (2021). Her other books include <span class="a-text-italic">The Cardinal's Hat</span>, <span class="a-text-italic">The Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty</span> and <span class="a-text-italic">Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century</span>.</div>
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