Medici Money: Banking Metaphysics And Art In Fifteenth-Century Florence Tim Parks Profile Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Medici Are Famous As Rulers Of Florence At High Point Renaissance Their Power Derived From Family Bank And This Book Tells Fascinating Frequently Bloody Story Dramatic Development Collapse (From Cosimo Who Took It Over In 1419 To His Grandson Lorenzo Magnificent Presided Its Precipitous Decline) Faced Two Apparently Insuperable Problems: How Did A Banker Deal With Fact That Church Regarded Interest Sin Had Made Illegal? Small Republic Like Could He Avoid Having Wealth Taken Away By Taxation? But Became Indispensable Completely Subverted Florence\ S Claims Being Democratic They Ran City Money Explores Crucial Moment Passage Middle Ages Modern World When Our Own Attitudes Morals Were Formed Read Is Understand Much Has Tell Us About One Launch Titles New Series Atlas Books Edited James Pairs Fine Writers Stories Economic Forces Have Shaped Genre - Business Literature Σελίδες: 288 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm