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Tim Parks
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
May 1, 2006
Pages
273
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393328455
ISBN-10
0393328457
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight
0.47 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Their name is a byword for immense wealth and power, but before their renown as art patrons and noblemen, the Medicis built their fortune on banking. Banking in the fifteenth century, even at the height of the Renaissance, meant running afoul of the Catholic Church's prohibition against usury. It required more than merely financial skills to make a profit, and the legendary Medicis--most famously Cosimo and Lorenzo ('the Magnificent')--were masterly at the political, diplomatic, military, and even metaphysical tools that were needed to maintain their family's position. Parks uncovers the intrigues, dodges, and moral qualities that gave the Medicis their edge. Evoking the richness of the Florentine Renaissance and the Medicis' glittering circle, replete with artists, popes, and kings, Medici Money is a look into the origins of modern banking and its troubled relationship with art and religion. --From publisher description.
Editions
Hardcover
from W W Norton & Co Inc (April 1, 2005)
9780393058277 | details & prices | 273 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $22.95
About: An account of the Renaissance era's preeminent financiers describes how the Medicis built their fortune, documenting the political, diplomatic, and metaphysical tools that enabled them to retain their wealth and become art patrons and nobles.
About: An account of the Renaissance era's preeminent financiers describes how the Medicis built their fortune, documenting the political, diplomatic, and metaphysical tools that enabled them to retain their wealth and become art patrons and nobles.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from W W Norton & Co Inc (May 1, 2006)
9780393328455 | details & prices | 273 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.47 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Their name is a byword for immense wealth and power, but before their renown as art patrons and noblemen, the Medicis built their fortune on banking.
About: Their name is a byword for immense wealth and power, but before their renown as art patrons and noblemen, the Medicis built their fortune on banking.
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