during the 13th century, renaissance
the medici family
it was a very hairy group
Back during the Medieval period, the Medici family started to rise in power until they had full control over Florence and most of middle Italy with connections with the Papacy and including dukedom.
Medici
His father had some influence as a notary in Florence, but not powerful.
Polisπόλις
The Medici family controlled Florence during the Renaissance!
The Medici banking family was the leading patron of Renaissance Florence.
farming
They were very powerful in Florence. A pope was a Medici and they had the banking system in Florence. Catherine Medici married the French king. The family supported the arts and hired Michelangelo to make David and for a time daVinci was also had them as a sponsor.
Florence became a major city during the renaissance because the Medici family, who was very rich and powerful at the time, sponsored many artists and without them they wouldn't have been able to create and sell so much work.
Florence Nightingale