Many interpret the book as a sycophantic attempt to win favor with the Medici family to regain his position ... one can learn excellence by studying history. While times and circumstances may ...

Protestant and Catholic aristocrats had joined the royal family for the wedding ... “Catherine de’ Medici” is thus a history book for history buffs. The general reader—one unfamiliar ...

By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici. They had been the patrons of genius and cultural icons, but the family was more interested in waging war ...

By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici. They had been the patrons of genius and cultural icons, but the family was more interested in waging war ...