This authoritative study examines the complex system of controls that the Medici created to secure and increase their ascendancy and throws new light on the personalities and groups supporting the regime, as well as on the surviving republican opposition. This new edition incorporates the many important studies of the topic since its original publication in 1966.
Preface to the second edition Part I: Cosimo de Medici and the foundations of the Medici Regime Part II: Piero di Cosimo: Republican Reaction and Medicean Restoration Part III: Lorenzo di Piero: the Medici at the Height of their Power Epilogue: Piero di Lorenzo and the Fall of the Regime Appendices
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