Machiavelli was disgusted:" One cannot affirm it to be peace where principalities frequently attack one another with arms; yet they cannot be called wars in which men are not killed, cities are not sacked, principalities are not destroyed, for these wars came to such weakness that they were begun without fear, carried on without danger and ended without loss." Without much loss of life and territory, that is. But not without the loss of huge sums of money. This is where Medici came in (查看原文)
“In short, the banker is back, he is revered, he wields unconsittutional powers, and he hasn't even broken the law. Such was and no doubt is the power of money." (查看原文)
0 有用 小黄 2011-05-20 14:07:35
写的还算清楚啦~可以了解到金融到底是怎么起步的，汇率期限的来源也说得很清楚~但是有不少翻译问题，让人匪夷所思~
0 有用 Emilie 2015-03-01 14:31:25
你们知道vecchio不是人名或者地名，不能音译的哟，还有ci在意大利语里边类似于“契”的哦，也不是“西”，hoho
0 有用 逆风行 2013-05-25 18:01:02
很一般的书，根本不好看，很历史，在那个时代其实根本就没有对和错
1 有用 Dream-Y 2010-04-15 15:02:37
会睡觉。
0 有用 重屿 2012-05-14 23:03:24
考据党要较真就别看这本了。脉络不是很清晰，看到最后整个家族我只记得科西莫和洛伦佐了。。。
0 有用 Emilie 2015-03-01 14:31:25
你们知道vecchio不是人名或者地名，不能音译的哟，还有ci在意大利语里边类似于“契”的哦，也不是“西”，hoho
0 有用 逆风行 2013-05-25 18:01:02
很一般的书，根本不好看，很历史，在那个时代其实根本就没有对和错
0 有用 芭比 2012-11-21 21:15:18
看不下去。貌似学术，但是总觉得不太可靠。
0 有用 风の魂 2012-08-07 01:42:11
中世纪佛罗伦萨，美第奇及意大利文艺复兴入门小史
0 有用 重屿 2012-05-14 23:03:24
考据党要较真就别看这本了。脉络不是很清晰，看到最后整个家族我只记得科西莫和洛伦佐了。。。