Florence : the biography of a city /
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| Author / Creator: | Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008 |
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
| Imprint: | New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Co., c1993. |
| Description: | xii, 398 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1669757 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Roman City, 59 BC-AD 405
- 2. Marauders, Emperors and Margraves, 405-1115
- 3. Merchants, Guelphs and Ghibellines, 1115-1280
- 4. Blacks and Whites, 1280-1302
- 5. Life in Dante's Florence, 1265-1348
- 6. Strikes and Riots, 1348-1420
- 7. The Rise of the House of Medici, 1420-39
- 8. Artists of the Medici, 1439-64
- 9. Father of the Country, 1455-64
- 10. Wives and Weddings, 1464-72
- 11. The Pazzi Conspiracy, 1478
- 12. Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1478-92
- 13. The Bonfire of the Vanities, 1492-8
- 14. Conspirators and Cardinals, 1498-1527
- 15. Siege and Murder, 1527-37
- 16. The Grand Duke Cosimo I, 1537-74
- 17. Pageants and Pleasures, 1560-1765
- 18. Tourists and Tuft-hunters, 1740-88
- 19. The Grand Duke Peter Leopold, 1765-91
- 20. Napoleonic Interlude, 1796-1827
- 21. Risorgimento, 1814-59
- 22. The Capital of Italy
- 23. 'Ville Toute Anglaise'
- 24. Residents and Visitors
- 25. 'Firenze Fascistissima', 1919-40
- 26. War and Peace, 1940-66
- 27. Flood and Restoration, 1966-92
- Notes on Buildings and Works of Art
- Table of Principal Events
- The Medici Family.