The Medici Volume One

by G.F. Young

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

Reviews

[Mathew · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been a long time since I've so enjoyed a straight up history. I have to admit that due to the age of the publication I was worried about strange biases or archaic ideas but in fact, just to opposite was true. The entire account was fact driven, well organized and gave a fantastic multidisciplinary account of the topic. I loved the little mini biographies which were then supplemented by very detailed descriptions and critiques of art and or the political landscape. The entire book is incredibly accessible and a must read if you're a fan of art or history. Chapters are also very focused and bite sized so getting through the entire text didn't feel like a chore in any way. My only disappointment was that Volume One ends Juuuuust before getting into Catherine de Medici. So it looks like I'm going to be doing vol.2 in the near future.

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good introduction to the different branches of the Medici family starting with Giovani de Medici who worked his way up through the government and how be become so popular. His son Piero promoted the arts. His son was Lorenzo the Magnifico! Another branch of the family starting with Lorenzo and his brother Cosmos who developed into was the more important branch.

I found it interesting how the author bought out what was happening in Florence at the time with the arts. The de Medici family would eventually become Kings and Queens though marriages.

The is a excellent background book on the history of this period.