Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence Tenacity Press which also includes a DVD-based

which also includes a DVD-based study

Mircea Eliade

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She is a graduate of Hamilton College and the University of Pittsburgh where she earned a Ph

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Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence Tenacity Press which also includes a DVD-basedBefore they achieved renown as patrons of the arts and de facto rulers of Florence, the Medici family earned their fortune in banking. But even at the height of the Renaissance, charging interest of any kind meant running afoul of the Catholic Church's ban on usury. Tim Parks reveals how the legendary Medicis Cosimo and Lorenzo "the Magnificent" in particular used the diplomatic, military, and even metaphysical tools at hand, along with a healthy dose