Florence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527-1800

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xiv, 593 pp. A history of Florence and the Florentines in the Age of Grand Dukes. "This history begins with the heroic siege of 1529-30 and the establishment of the Medici monarchy . It continues until the dawn of the Risorgimento, the movement for Italian national unification, in the early nineteenth century. Each of the six major epochs into which the work is divided centers about one prominent personality." Includes black and white illustrations. Show more