The Medici, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Medici, Volume 1, credited to G. F. Young, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Medici, Volume 1 by G. F. Young. Read in English by volunteer readers. This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zenith of power and influence, to its eventual decay and ruin. It outlines their history in conjunction with the major events of Europe and dwells much on the artists and artworks patronized by the Medici - the impetus of the Renaissance. This first volume brings to life the Renaissance and how Florence, through the Medici, was the epicentre of the movement that spread new learning throughout Europe. It describes some of the best and worst of the Medici, including statesmen both good and bad, popes and their intrigues, joyous festivals and tragic assassinations. (Summary by TriciaG)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Medici, Volume 1
• Author credits: G. F. Young
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 14:59:21

Catalogue topics

• politics
• history
• religion
• art
• family
• Florence
• architecture
• dynasty

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 00 - Preface and Prologue — 18:18
2. 01 - Chapter I Florence — 11:57
3. 02 - Chapter II The Medici — 11:16
4. 03 - Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 1 — 20:14
5. 04 - Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 2 — 25:50
6. 05 - Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 3 — 32:27
7. 06 - Part I Introduction, Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 1 — 23:52
8. 07 - Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 2 — 27:22
9. 08 - Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 3 — 28:36
10. 09 - Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 4 — 27:07
11. 10 - Chapter IV Cosimo (Pater Patriae), part 5 — 28:58
12. 11 - Chapter V The Medici Palace — 16:01
13. 12 - Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 1 — 27:29
14. 13 - Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 2 — 20:17
15. 14 - Chapter VI Piero, il Gottoso, part 3 — 24:42
16. 15 - Chapter VII The Frescoes in the Chapel of the Medici Palace — 28:11
17. 16 - Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 1 — 17:47
18. 17 - Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 2 — 20:39
19. 18 - Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 3 — 22:00
20. 19 - Chapter VIII Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 4 — 5:20
21. 20 - Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 1 — 16:47
22. 21 - Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 2 — 17:16
23. 22 - Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 3 — 20:34
24. 23 - Chapter IX Lorenzo, the Magnificent, part 4 — 18:07

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