Florence : the biography of a city /
Hibbert, Christopher 1924-2008
Florence : the biography of a city / Christopher Hibbert. - 1st American ed. - London : Penguin, 2004 - xii, 398 p. : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-383) and index.
The Roman City, 59 BC-AD 405 --
Marauders, guelphs and ghibellines, 1115-1280 --
Blacks and whites, 1280-1302 --
Life in Dante's Florence, 1265-1348 --
Strikes and riots, 1348-1420 --
The rise of the House of Medici, 1420-39 --
Artists of the Medici, 1439-64 --
Father of the country, 1455-64 --
Wives and weddings, 1464-72 --
The Pazzi conspiracy, 1478 --
Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1478-92 --
The bonfire of the vanities, 1492-98 --
Conspirators and cardinals, 1498-1527 --
Siege and murder, 1527-37 --
The grand Duke Cosimo I, 1537-74 --
Pageants and pleasures, 1560-1765 --
Tourists and tuft-hunters, 1740-88 --
The Grand Duke Peter Leopold, 1765-91 --
Napoleonic interlude, 1796-1827 --
Risorgimento, 1814-59 --
The capital of Italy --
"Ville Toute Anglaise" --
Residents and visitors --
"Firenze fascistissima," 1919-40 --
War and peace, 1940-66 --
Flood and restoration, 1966-92.
Weaves political, social and art history of Florence into a lively whole. This book features photographs and illustrations and line drawings that describe various buildings and treasures of the city.
9780140166446 0140166440
Florence (Italy)--History.
Florencia (Italia)--Historia
Florencia (Italia)--Descripciones y viajes
324 DG 737.3 / H624f 2004
945/.51
Florence : the biography of a city / Christopher Hibbert. - 1st American ed. - London : Penguin, 2004 - xii, 398 p. : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-383) and index.
The Roman City, 59 BC-AD 405 --
Marauders, guelphs and ghibellines, 1115-1280 --
Blacks and whites, 1280-1302 --
Life in Dante's Florence, 1265-1348 --
Strikes and riots, 1348-1420 --
The rise of the House of Medici, 1420-39 --
Artists of the Medici, 1439-64 --
Father of the country, 1455-64 --
Wives and weddings, 1464-72 --
The Pazzi conspiracy, 1478 --
Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1478-92 --
The bonfire of the vanities, 1492-98 --
Conspirators and cardinals, 1498-1527 --
Siege and murder, 1527-37 --
The grand Duke Cosimo I, 1537-74 --
Pageants and pleasures, 1560-1765 --
Tourists and tuft-hunters, 1740-88 --
The Grand Duke Peter Leopold, 1765-91 --
Napoleonic interlude, 1796-1827 --
Risorgimento, 1814-59 --
The capital of Italy --
"Ville Toute Anglaise" --
Residents and visitors --
"Firenze fascistissima," 1919-40 --
War and peace, 1940-66 --
Flood and restoration, 1966-92.
Weaves political, social and art history of Florence into a lively whole. This book features photographs and illustrations and line drawings that describe various buildings and treasures of the city.
9780140166446 0140166440
Florence (Italy)--History.
Florencia (Italia)--Historia
Florencia (Italia)--Descripciones y viajes
324 DG 737.3 / H624f 2004
945/.51