Prologue On what shall be said in this Essay The Medici were an illustrious family that rose to fame and fortune during the Renaissance. Starting as humble merchants‚ the family grew in fame and prosperity until the name was known throughout all of Europe. Every aspect of the Renaissance was influenced by them. They influenced society as a whole‚ and their ways of relating to the different aspects of life set up standards that were followed‚ copied or completely avoided by their peers
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The Age of Revolution i789-1848 E R I C HOBSBAWM VINTAGE BOOKS A Division of Random House‚ Inc. New York FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION‚ AUGUST 1996 Copyright © 1962 by E. J. Hobsbawm All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Vintage Books‚ a division of Random House‚ Inc.‚ New York. Originally published in Great Britain in hardcover by Weidenfeld & Nicolson‚ London‚ in 1962. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
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