A new book out Tuesday by two seasoned Washington correspondents alleges that close allies of President Joe Biden, including his family, concealed the extent of his mental decline. But “Original ...

lesser-known family members who rarely receive book-length treatments. Images of well-known period art, much of which resulted from Medici patronage or revealed a link to the family, adorn each ...

In his 1963 book, 'The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank,' medieval economic historian Raymond de Roover likens the Medici banking dynasty to today's banking fortresses. And it makes sense.

One of the best jokes in movie history ... “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570,” at the Metropolitan Museum, assigns credit where it is due. The banking family rose to govern ...

If anyone understood the power of art to influence the course of history ... famous and powerful family that once controlled Florence provides the big name in “The Medici: Portraits and Politics ...

Born in 1519 to the powerful Medici family of Florence ... It certainly was, and this book is a treat for fans of well-told history. Contrary to the overly dramatic storyline of the TV biopic ...

However, the name of Parks' book - Medici Money ... Medici Money marks a marriage of the banking history of the Medici and the family's political shenanigans that has never before been attempted.

Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native Italy, this Catholic daughter of a French princess and a Florentine ...

Thanks to wars, murders, and early deaths of designated heirs, Florence was now running out of direct descendants of the original Medici family ... the narrative of history as well.