by Lorenzo De' Medici · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401378126
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«Los Médicis. Nuestra historia» is a history book by Lorenzo De' Medici, published by Plaza & Janés in 2002 in paperback (334 pages, in Spanish).
A chronicle of the Medici family that traces their rise and legacy as one of the dynasties that shaped the Italian Renaissance. The text focuses on the keys to power, artistic patronage, and the culture of the era, and highlights the impact of this house on European history.
With a translation by María Ángeles Cabré; includes plates and photographs in black and white and in color.
For readers interested in the history of the Italian Renaissance and the role of great dynasties in European culture.
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Lorenzo held the balance of power within the Italic League, an alliance of states that stabilized political conditions on the Italian Peninsula for decades, and his life coincided with the mature phase of the Italian Renaissance and the golden age of Florence. As a patron, he is best known for his sponsorship of artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. On the foreign policy front, Lorenzo manifested a clear plan to stem the territorial ambitions of Pope Sixtus IV, in the name of the balance of the Italic League of 1454. For these reasons, Lorenzo was the subject of the Pazzi conspiracy (1478), in which his brother Giuliano was assassinated. The Peace of Lodi of 1454 that he supported among the various Italian states collapsed with his death. He is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence.
