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Hace 1 día · Tras la pista de los Medici, por las calles de Florencia. Solo en Florencia, los Medici tenían varios palacios, que fueron cambiando como lugar de residencia: el Palazzo Medici Riccardi (de 1444 ...
Hace 5 días · The dynasty began in earnest with Giovanni di Bicci de‘ Medici (1360-1429). Born into a middle-class Florentine family, Giovanni founded the Medici Bank in 1397. He pioneered several banking innovations, including the holding company structure, double-entry bookkeeping, and letters of credit. These financial instruments, commonplace today ...
Hace 1 día · Depending on the question asked, the data analyzed, and the interpretation offered the Medici appear as either citizens ‘with a certain authority’ (as Lorenzo de’ Medici himself put it in 1481) or as masters of the city and its government.
Hace 4 días · May 27, 2024. The Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy stands as a monument to the power, prestige, and artistic patronage of the illustrious Medici family. As the parish church of this dynastic family that would come to dominate Florentine politics and culture, San Lorenzo is a true embodiment of the Renaissance spirit.
Hace 2 días · A History of Florence, 1200-1575. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2006, ISBN: 9781405119542; 527pp. John Najemy is a pre-eminent historian of Renaissance Florence. His previous books on Florentine political, social and constitutional developments from 1280 to 1400 (1) and on Machiavelli's correspondence with Francesco Vettori (2) have shown him ...
Hace 5 días · Entertainment. Lecture 12: Despite the republican constitution of Florence, Lorenzo was born, in effect, a Renaissance prince. His father and grandfather had managed the state, using the Medici faction and their enormous wealth as instruments for control. Only 20 in 1469, when his father, Piero, died, Lorenzo was thrust into the political and ...
Hace 5 días · One of the most striking aspects of Alessandro‘s story is his mixed-race heritage. His mother was an African slave named Simonetta who worked in the Medici household, and his father was likely either Lorenzo II de‘ Medici, Duke of Urbino, or Giulio de‘ Medici, who later became Pope Clement VII.
