Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence (Enterprise)
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Author
- Tim Parks
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Economic History
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780393328455
- ISBN-10
- 0393328457
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence (Enterprise)
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ISBN: 0393328457
Author: Parks, Tim
Condition: New
A swift and brilliant synthesis of finance, politics, and history.-Ben Sisario, New York Times Book Review Before they achieved renown as patrons of the arts and de facto rulers of Florence, the Medici family earned their fortune in banking. But even at the height of the Renaissance, charging interest of any kind meant running afoul of the Catholic Churchs ban on usury. Tim Parks reveals how the legendary Medicis-Cosimo and Lorenzo the Magnificent in particular-used the diplomatic, military, and even metaphysical tools at hand, along with a healthy dose of intrigue and wit, to further their fortunes as well as their familys standing.
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