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040			_aAE-AdNL _beng
050	0		_aHG3090. _bF562 2005
100	1		_aParks, Tim _eAuthor _9539
245	1	0	_aMedici money : _bbanking, metaphysics, and art in fifteenth-century Florence/ _cTim Parks.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Co., _c©2005.
300			_axii, 273 pages : _b illustrations, maps, 1 genealogical table ; _c22 cm.
490			_aEnterprise (New York, N.Y.)
500			_a"Atlas Books."
520			_aTheir 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. It required more than merely financial skills to make a profit, and the legendary Medicis--most famously Cosimo and Lorenzo ("the Magnificent")--were masterly at the political, diplomatic, military, and even metaphysical tools that were needed to maintain their family's position. Parks uncovers the intrigues, dodges, and moral qualities that gave the Medicis their edge. Evoking the richness of the Florentine Renaissance and the Medicis' glittering circle, replete with artists, popes, and kings, Medici Money is a look into the origins of modern banking and its troubled relationship with art and religion--
650	0	0	_aMedici, _xHouse of. _9540
650	0	0	_aMedici, _v Art patronage. _xHouse of _9541
650	0	0	_aMedici, _v Familie, _xapproximately 13.Jh.-18.Jh. _9542
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