The Medici: A Tale of Fifteen Generations (1975)

by James Cleugh

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"The House of Medici or Famiglia de' Medici (/mdti/ MED-i-chee; Italian pronunciation: [de m?diti]) was a political dynasty, banking family and later royal house that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the late 14th century."--Wikipedia.

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A nice read, but with certain inaccuracies in detail (i.e. Henri II was killed by a jousting shard in the eye and not the temple), but the book should not be scorned because it does not conform to our age's new historicism. (

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The Medici: A Tale of Fifteen Generations

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The Medici

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Die Medici. Macht und Glanz einer europäischen Familie

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1975

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Lorenzo de' Medici

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Rome, Papal States, Italy

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"The House of Medici or Famiglia de' Medici (/mdti/ MED-i-chee; Italian pronunciation: [de m?diti]) was a political dynasty, banking family and later royal house that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the late 14th century."--Wikipedia.

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