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Medici, Volume 1

This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zenith of power and influence, to its eventual decay and ruin. It outlines their history in conjunction with the major events of Europe and dwells much on the artists and artworks patronized by the Medici - the impetus of the Renaissance.

This first volume brings to life the Renaissance and how Florence, through the Medici, was the epicentre of the movement that spread new learning throughout Europe. It describes some of the best and worst of the Medici, including statesmen both good and bad, popes and their intrigues, joyous festivals and tragic assassinations. (Summary by TriciaG)

Year of Publication: 1911Genres: Art, Design & Architecture,History,Biography & Autobiography

Running Time: 14 hours 59 minutes 21 seconds(43 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Ciufi Galeazzi, Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, Adrian Stephens

#	Chapter Name
	Preface and Prologue Adrian Stephens	18:18
	Chapter I Florence KevinS	11:57
	Chapter II The Medici Availle	11:16
	Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 1 Jane Bennett	20:14
	Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 2 Jane Bennett	25:50
	Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 3 Jane Bennett	32:27
	Part I Introduction, Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 1 Adrian Stephens	23:52
	Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 2 Adrian Stephens	27:22
	Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 3 Adrian Stephens	28:36
	Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 4 Adrian Stephens	27:07
	Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 5 Adrian Stephens	28:58
	Chapter V The Medici Palace Availle	16:01
	Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 1 Ciufi Galeazzi	27:29
	Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 2 Ciufi Galeazzi	20:17
	Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 3 Ciufi Galeazzi	24:42
	Chapter VII The Frescoes in the Chapel of the Medici Palace Availle	28:11
	Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 1 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	17:47
	Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 2 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	20:39
	Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 3 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	22:00
	Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 4 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	5:20
	Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 1 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	16:47
	Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 2 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	17:16
	Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 3 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	20:34
	Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 4 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	18:07
	Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 5 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	18:34
	Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 6 Dick Bourgeois-Doyle	12:46
	Chapter X Pietro, the Unfortunate, part 1 Ciufi Galeazzi	23:26
	Chapter X Pietro, the Unfortunate, part 2 Ciufi Galeazzi	19:15
	Chapter XI Interregnum, part 1 Kazbek	32:13
	Chapter XI Interregnum, part 2 Kazbek	21:43
	Chapter XI Interregnum, part 3 Kazbek	15:36
	Chapter XI Interregnum, part 4 Kazbek	27:22
	Chapter XII Giuliano (Duc de Nemours) and Lorenzo (Duke of Urbino) Ciufi Galeazzi	29:46
	Chapter XIII Giovanni (Leo X.), part 1 Ciufi Galeazzi	21:39
	Chapter XIII Giovanni (Leo X.), part 2 Ciufi Galeazzi	20:23
	Chapter XIV The Twenty Months' Pontificate of Adrian VI. KevinS	15:34
	Chapter XV Giulio (Clement VII.), part 1 Ciufi Galeazzi	17:28
	Chapter XV Giulio (Clement VII.), part 2 Ciufi Galeazzi	16:37
	Chapter XVI Clarice de' Medici (Clarice Strozzi) Ciufi Galeazzi	13:18
	Chapter XVII Giulio (Clement VII.), part 1 Ciufi Galeazzi	24:41
	Chapter XVII Giulio (Clement VII.), part 2 Ciufi Galeazzi	23:37
	Chapter XVIII Ippolito, Alessandro, and Margaret, part 1 Dean Mock	18:50
	Chapter XVIII Ippolito, Alessandro, and Margaret, part 2 Dean Mock	15:26