TY - BOOK AU - Hibbert,Christopher TI - The House of Medici, its rise and fall SN - 0688003397 AV - DG737.42 .H53 1980 U1 - 945/.51/05 19 PY - 1980/// CY - New York PB - Morrow Quill Paperbacks KW - Medici, House of. KW - Florence (Italy) KW - History KW - 1421-1737 KW - Biography N1 - First published in 1974 under title: The rise and fall of the House of Medici; Includes index; Includes Bibliography and indexes; Florence and the Florentines--The rise of the Medici--Enemies of the Albizzi--Exiles and masters--Archbishops and architects--War and peace--Artists and mourners--Piero the Gouty--The young Lorenzo--The Pope and the Pazzi--The saviour of Florence--The needle of the Italian compass--Lorenzo : patron, collector and poet--Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and the friar from Ferrara--The excommunicant--Return of the Medici--'Papa Leone!'--The march on Rome--Siege and murder--Duke Cosimo I--The heirs of Cosimo--Ferdinando II and the French princess--Cosimo III and the grand prince Ferdinando--The last of the Medici UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc044/79026508.html ER -