The Pope, His Banker, and Venice: ,

by Felix Gilbert

Book Overview

This study of Renaissance adventures and struggles against fate brings to life a brilliant age and its exemplars. It is a story of how several men, including Julius II, worked, intrigued, and made business deals against the backdrop of an Italy invaded by continental countries and England. The future of the once great Republic of Venice was at stake as it was besieged and in desperate need of allies. The Papacy switched sides, breaking the seemingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674689755
• ISBN13: 9780674689756
• Release Date: October 1980
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.