Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native Italy, this Catholic daughter of a French princess and a Florentine ...

In Washington, that idea faces a test. A new book out Tuesday by two seasoned Washington correspondents alleges that close allies of President Joe Biden, including his family, concealed the extent ...

In his 1963 book, 'The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank,' medieval economic historian Raymond de Roover likens the Medici banking dynasty to today's banking fortresses. And it makes sense.

It certainly was, and this book is a treat for fans of well-told history. Contrary to the overly dramatic storyline of the TV biopic “The Serpent Queen” on Starz, Catherine de’ Medici wasn ...

It is Medici who commissions Donatello to mold a ... Anderson reviews frequently for Book World.

His book “Lives of the Artists” (1550 ... Science, too, had moments of support. A Medici patriarch was an important patron of Galileo’s, though the family’s next generation, likely ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Not imbued with motherly instincts, the formidable Catherine de’ Medici, the widowed queen of ... As Goldstone shows in a riveting new book, the beautiful, wilful and intelligent princess ...

based on the book by Leonie Frieda, “A historical drama with an edge, “The Serpent Queen” puts a contemporary spin on conventional storytelling to tell the tale of Catherine de Medici’s ...