Величие и проклятие Медичи: как банкиры купили эпоху Возрождения и Ватикан

300 years. That's how long the Medici family ruled Florence, financed the Vatican, and shaped the fate of Europe—without a single conquest, without royal blood, only through money, connections, and strategic thinking. In this book, you'll learn the history of the House of Medici: from the humble banker Giovanni di Bicci, who founded the first office in Rome in 1392, to Anna Maria Luisa, the last of the line, who bequeathed all the family's artistic treasures to Florence forever. You'll learn how Cosimo the Elder governed the republic without holding any official position. Why Lorenzo the Magnificent survived the assassins in the cathedral and personally traveled to negotiate with the enemy. How Pope Leo X—Lorenzo's son—launched the Reformation by selling absolution. What happened in Rome in 1527 when the Landsknechts sacked the Eternal City. And how Catherine de' Medici ruled France for 30 years, outliving her husband, mistress, and three sons who were kings. #medici #medicihistory #renaissance #florence #cosimodeci #lorenzomedici #catherinemedici #lionofthehanging #vatican #reformation #historyofitaly #bankofmedici #historyofeurope #middleages #historyofdynasties #pazziconspiracy #savonarola #sackofrome #historyofnight #historyofflorence #popes #italianrenaissance #churchhistory #patronage #botticelli #michelangelo #leonardo davinci