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History of Florence
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Cosimo de’ Medici, Florence, Florence Series, Girolamo Savonarola, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, History of Florence, Late Renaissance, Medici, Republic of Florence, Savonarola’s executionHistory of Florence, Part 4: Savonarola and the Late Renaissance
The final essay examines the unstable final decades of Florentine republican life. It follows the decline of Medici prestige, the…
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Cosimo de’ Medici, Florence, Florence Series, History of Florence, Humanism, Lorenzo de’ Medici, Medici, Quattrocento, Renaissance FlorenceHistory of Florence, Part 3: Renaissance Florence and the Rise of the Medici
This essay explores Florence during the fifteenth century, when the city became a major centre of humanist learning, artistic innovation,…
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Black Death, Ciompi Revolt, Dante, Florence, Florence Series, Florin, Giotto, Guelfs and Ghibellines, High Middle Ages, History of FlorenceHistory of Florence, Part 2: High Medieval History
Part 2 turns to Florence’s emergence as a powerful commune and rising commercial centre during the High Middle Ages. It…
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Early Middle Ages, Etruscans, Florence, Florence Baptistery, Florence Series, Florentia, History of Florence, Roman Florence, San Miniato al MonteHistory of Florence, Part 1: Antiquity and Early Middle Ages
This opening essay explores the earliest phases of Florentine history, beginning with the Etruscan and Roman background of the region…
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History of Florence: Complete Series (Antiquity to 1569)
A four-part guide to the history of Florence, it follows the city from Antiquity through the Middle Ages. It continues…
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