The Medici

Author Strathern describes the modest origins of the famous Medici family, their rise to power in Florence during the Italian Renaissance, and the artists and scientists they helped to flourish. Also profiles the lives of Medici family members like Giovanni, the banker and patriarch of the family; Cosimo, the erudite politician and art patron; flamboyant Lorenzo and his clash with Savonarola; and the ladies of the Medici family, like Catherine, who became Queen of France.