The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance Paul Strathern
Publisher: Pegasus

The Medici has 436 ratings and 36 reviews. In effect, this earned Cosimo many of the benefits of power without its messy detriments. Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance. Despite their name (Medici is the plural of “doctor” in Italian), the Medici were a banking family. The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance Paperback – December 2, 2004 The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. And takes the reader through their role as godfathers of the Italian Renaissance. The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. Murder in Little Italy The Medici. However, Renaissance banks like that of the Medici did much more for their wealthy clients than simply lend money. The Medici Bank (Italian: Banco Medici) was a financial institution created by the Medici Estimating their wealth in today's money is difficult and imprecise, power initially in Florence, and later in the wider spheres of Italy and Europe. In the 1400s, the rich and powerful Medici family ruled Florence. Powerful families could also prevent other ambitious families from gaining a This link between power, money and the arts was vital to the development of the Renaissance. Banks in Renaissance Florence were generally divided into three or four kinds:. Powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition.