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UNINA9910785097803321 |
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Autore |
Martines Lauro |
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April blood : Florence and the plot against the Medici / / Lauro Martines |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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1-280-83772-1 |
0-19-534843-5 |
1-4294-3878-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Disciplina |
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Statesmen - Italy - Florence |
Nobility - Italy - Florence |
Florence (Italy) History 1421-1737 |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-292) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; GENEALOGIES; PERSONAGGl; Prologue; 1 Conspiracy; 2 Social Climbers; 3 Profile: Manetti; 4 The Pazzi Family; 5 Profile: Soderini; 6 Enter Lorenzo; 7 April Blood; 8 Assaulting the Body: 'Cannibalism'; 9 A Soldier Confesses; 10 Raging: Pope and Citizen; 11 The Pazzi Cursed; 12 Profile: Rinuccini; 13 Lorenzo: Lord and Citizen; 14 The Bottom Line; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of the world's leading historians of Renaissance Italy brings to life here the vibrant--and violent--society of fifteenth-century Florence. His disturbing narrative opens up an entire culture, revealing the dark side of Renaissance man and politician Lorenzo de' Medici. On a Sunday in April 1478, assassins attacked Lorenzo and his brother as they attended Mass in the cathedral of Florence. Lorenzo scrambled to safety as Giuliano bled to death on the cathedral floor. April Blood moves outward in time and space from that murderous event, unfolding a story of tangled passions, ambition, treac |
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