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The Enchantress of Florence is the ninth novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 2008. [1] According to Rushdie this is his "most researched book" which required "years and years of reading". [2] The novel was published on 11 April 2008 by Jonathan Cape London, and in the United States by Random House. [3]
First de facto Lord of Florence. Piero I the Gouty. 1414 – 2 December 1469 [9] 1 August 1464 – 3 December 1469. Lucrezia Tornabuoni. 3 June 1444. 5 children.
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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli [a] (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine [4] [5] diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance.
July 18, 2024 at 3:12 PM. "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Denise Austin shares her go-to “low-impact” exercises for women over 50 ...
Margrave Hugh "the Great" of Tuscany chose Florence as his residence instead of Lucca in about 1000 CE. This initiated a Golden Age of Florentine Art. In 1013, construction was begun on the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte. The exterior of the baptistry was reworked in Romanesque style between 1059 and 1128.
The Republic of Florence ( Latin: Res publica Florentina; Italian: Repubblica di Firenze ), known officially as the Florentine Republic (Italian: Repubblica Fiorentina, pronounced [reˈpubblika fjorenˈtiːna] ), was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany, Italy. [ 1][ 2] The republic ...
The Signoria of Florence ( Italian: "lordship") was the government of the medieval and Renaissance Republic of Florence, [1] between 1250 and 1532. Its nine members, the Priori, were chosen from the ranks of the guilds of the city: six of them from the major guilds, and two from the minor guilds. The ninth became the Gonfaloniere of Justice.