Lorenzo the Magnificent Author:Hugh Ross Williamson Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was an Italian statesman, banker, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. He was a magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. — Lorenzo the Magnificent, who was born on... more » New Year's Day, 1449, and died a fortnight before Easter, 1492, contrived to crowd into his forty-three-years so much spendid activity that it is possible to claim for him the title of the greatest man in Euopean history.
Contents; Foreword. Florence and the Medici. The Education of Lorenzo. His Father's Helper. Poet and Lover. Lorenzo Succeeds His Father. Volterra. The Platonic Academy. Lorenzo's Brother. The Pazzi Conspiracy. War of Words. The Crisis of His Fate. 'Only a Citizen of Florence'. En Famille. Lorenzo and Italy. The Shadow of Savonarola. The Death of Lorenzo. Afterword. Short Bibliography. Index. Acknowledgements. List of Colour Plates.« less