April blood : Florence and the plot against the Medici /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martines, Lauro
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=179900
Table of Contents:
  • Conspiracy
  • Social Climbers
  • Profile: Manetti
  • The Pazzi Family
  • Profile: Soderini
  • Enter Lorenzo
  • April Blood
  • Assaulting the Body: 'Cannibalism'
  • A Soldier Confesses
  • Raging: Pope and Citizen
  • The Pazzi Cursed
  • Profile: Rinuccini
  • Lorenzo: Lord and Citizen
  • The Bottom Line.