Florence : the biography of a city / Christopher Hibbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Florence (Italy)--History.

Florence (Italy).

Italy--Florence.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xii, 398 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Edition:

1st American ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Co., ©1993.

Summary:

DG737.3 .H52x 1993.

Contents:

1. Roman City, 59 BC-AD 405

2. Marauders, Emperors and Margraves, 405-1115

3. Merchants, Guelphs and Ghibellines, 1115-1280

4. Blacks and Whites, 1280-1302

5. Life in Dante's Florence, 1265-1348

6. Strikes and Riots, 1348-1420

7. Rise of the House of Medici, 1420-39

8. Artists of the Medici, 1439-64

9. Father of the Country, 1455-64

10. Wives and Weddings, 1464-72

11. Pazzi Conspiracy, 1478

12. Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1478-92

13. Bonfire of the Vanities, 1492-8

14. Conspirators and Cardinals, 1498-1527

15. Siege and Murder, 1527-37

16. Grand Duke Cosimo I, 1537-74

17. Pageants and Pleasures, 1560-1765

18. Tourists and Tuft-hunters, 1740-88

19. Grand Duke Peter Leopold, 1765-91

20. Napoleonic Interlude, 1796-1827

21. Risorgimento, 1814-59

22. Capital of Italy

23. 'Ville Toute Anglaise'

24. Residents and Visitors

25. 'Firenze Fascistissima', 1919-40

26. War and Peace, 1940-66

27. Flood and Restoration, 1966-92

Notes on Buildings and Works of Art

Table of Principal Events

The Medici Family.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-383) and index.

ISBN:

0393035638

9780393035636

OCLC:

29190449