Medici money banking, metaphysics and art in fifteenth century Florence
Their name is a byword for immense wealth and power, but before their renown as art patrons and noblemen, the Medicis built their fortune on banking. Banking in the fifteenth century, even at the height of the Renaissance, meant running afoul of the Catholic Church's prohibition against usury....
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New York
W. W. Norton and Company
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