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Hace 6 días · The main challengers to the Albizzi family were the Medici, first under Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, later under his son Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici and great-grandson, Lorenzo de' Medici. The Medici controlled the Medici Bank—then Europe's largest bank—and an array of other enterprises in Florence and elsewhere.
20 de jun. de 2024 · Lorenzo de’ Medici deservedly holds an honoured place in the history of Florence and Italy. Inheriting from his forebears a deep respect for arts and letters, he became a poet himself as well as a patron of artists and a skilled statesman.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
26 de jun. de 2024 · In 1515, the solemn visit of Pope Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent) to his native city signalled the return of the Medici signoria after the Republican interlude. The city's finest artists participated in the creation of ephemeral decorative displays.
Hace 6 días · During the 15th century, Florence was in ‘a state of permanent and irreversible crisis’ (p. 63) that the Medici exploited by governing through ‘an informal configuration of power’ (p. 62), which Lorenzo hoped to replace with a new constitution with himself as prince or gonfaloniere a vita.
20 de jun. de 2024 · Cosimo de’ Medici (1519–74), great-great-grandson of Lorenzo, became duke of Florence, then grand duke of Tuscany (1569), and reigned as Cosimo I. He established a new dynasty that perpetuated the family’s traditional regard for the arts and sciences.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
30 de jun. de 2024 · Lorenzo de Medici, The Magnificent, ruler of Florence. Watch on. Lorenzo de' Medici, often called Lorenzo the Magnificent, was an influential ruler of Florence during the Italian Renaissance. Born in 1449, he became the de facto leader of Florence at a young age, succeeding his father, Piero.
29 de jun. de 2024 · He was commissioned to paint this portrait by Ottaviano de’ Medici, by request of the Duke Alessandro, who intended to commemorate his illustrious ancestor, and at the same time legitimise the family’s return to power after the republican period.
