Florence : The Biography of a City

A social history of Florence from Roman times to the present, which also serves as a comprehensive guide to its buildings and treasures

Acknowledgements
Illustration Acknowledgements
Author's Note
Maps
The Roman City, 59 BC-AD 405	p. 1
Marauders, Emperors and Margraves, 405-1115	p. 5
Merchants, Guelphs and Ghibellines, 1115-1280	p. 13
Blacks and Whites, 1280-1302	p. 27
Life in Dante's Florence, 1265-1348	p. 35
Strikes and Riots, 1348-1420	p. 61
The Rise of the House of Medici, 1420-39	p. 74
Artists of the Medici, 1439-64	p. 92
Father of the Country, 1455-64	p. 97
Wives and Weddings, 1464-72	p. 109
The Pazzi Conspiracy, 1478	p. 131
Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1478-92	p. 136
The Bonfire of the Vanities, 1492-8	p. 150
Conspirators and Cardinals, 1498-1527	p. 164
Siege and Murder, 1527-37	p. 173
The Grand Duke Cosimo I, 1537-74	p. 179
Pageants and Pleasures, 1560-1765	p. 186
Tourists and Tuft-hunters, 1740-88	p. 208
The Grand Duke Peter Leopold, 1765-91	p. 220
Napoleonic Interlude, 1796-1827	p. 226
Risorgimento, 1814-59	p. 237
The Capital of Italy	p. 250
'Ville Toute Anglaise'	p. 260
Residents and Visitors	p. 277
'Firenze Fascistissima', 1919-40	p. 285
War and Peace, 1940-66	p. 294
Flood and Restoration, 1966-92	p. 305
Notes on Buildings and Works of Art	p. 314
Table of Principal Events	p. 370
The Medici Family	p. 372
Bibliography	p. 376
Index	p. 384
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