Power and Glory of the Renaissance

The Medici are one of the great families that have significantly shaped European history and culture. They were bankers, military leaders, popes, dukes, queens, despots, but also brilliant patrons of art and science. Under their leadership, Florence became the cultural center of Europe. James Cleugh recounts in his well-researched classic the entanglements of Renaissance politics, the intrigues, love affairs, wars, and murders associated with the name Medici.