02686nam 2200565 a 450 991078509780332120230817225028.01-280-83772-10-19-534843-51-4294-3878-9(CKB)1000000000408146(EBL)422658(OCoLC)476258683(SSID)ssj0000104952(PQKBManifestationID)11122031(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000104952(PQKBWorkID)10087855(PQKB)10967137(MiAaPQ)EBC422658(Au-PeEL)EBL422658(CaPaEBR)ebr10266545(CaONFJC)MIL83772(EXLCZ)99100000000040814620021031d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierApril blood Florence and the plot against the Medici /Lauro MartinesOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) illustrations, maps0-19-515295-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-292) and index.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; INDEXOne 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, treacStatesmenItalyFlorenceBiographyNobilityItalyFlorenceBiographyFlorence (Italy)History1421-1737StatesmenNobility945/.5105Martines Lauro163267MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785097803321April blood24146UNINA