Hale, J. R.   1923-1999 <br/><br/>
Florence and the Medici /  
J.R. Hale. 
 - New ed. 
 - London :  Phoenix,  2001. 
 - 206 pages, [8] pages of plates :    illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previously published: London : Thames & Hudson, 1977. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index. 
<br/><br/> The enduring fascination of the Medici springs from their ability--as individuals and as a family--to control the government of Florence, first as a quasi-democracy and finally through inheritance. Based on the latest research, this perceptive study, by one of the finest Renaissance scholars of the day, reveals the causes and the nature of the Medicis' power of patronage from the early 15th-century through the early 18th 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1842124560 9781842124567  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Medici, Casa de 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Florencia (Italia) --Historia --1421-1737
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>324 DG 737.42  / H162f 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>945/.5105/0922