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The Medici Family
The Medici family was one of the most powerful and influential entities of the Italian Renaissance. Their family members included rulers and Popes, and they were patrons of artists such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Brunelleschi.
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How was the Medici Family influential?
I don't really know the answer, but I have some website that might help you:
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/medici.html
http://mollybrown.org/forstudents/NameThatPage4.asp
http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/gnazzo/2005/part5.html
Why was Lorenzo de Medici known as the Magnificent?
Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) was the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic in the time of the Italian Renaissance. He was known to Florentines as Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lorenzo the Magnificent. He was a patron of scholarship and the arts and managed to keep a fragile peace between competing Italian states such as Venice and the Papal States. He ruled over a time known to Italians as the Golden Age.
Within 2 years of his passing, the peace beween the Italian states came to an end, and shortly after that the French invaded Naples, beginning a period of occupation by France, Spain, or Austria for nearly four centuries.
How old was Lorenzo de' Medici at death?
He died of gout like his father. it has something to do with the joints.....
There are three Lorenzo de Medici in the family tree, i take it that you are referring to the Lorenzo the Magnificent, his wife was Clarice de Orsini
What were cosimo de 1 medici accomplishments?
Cosimo de Medici was like the person who made Florence the richest city in Europe. He also set up the Platonic Academy to produce great thinkers and scholars. He also sponsored Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello. He was a great patron of the arts. Cosimo also unified all of Tuscany under a single ruler and tolerated the Huguenots in France
What role did the medici family play in florence during the renaissance?
The Medici family was the wealthiest family in Florence. They developed their wealth through textile trade then helped to develop the economy by opening the Medici bank. The Medici bank used a credit/debit system that allowed more people to enter the merchant business and allowed for the post-plague economy to rebuild.
What type of leader was Lorenzo de Medici?
he was in fact devilishly clever making himself out to be an angel
Who is brother of Lorenzo de' Medici?
His handsome brother Giuliano was used as a model by Botticelli in his painting of Mars and Venus.
When did Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici die?
Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici died in 1528.
Catherine de Medici (1519-1589) was married to King Henry II. She acted as a regent for her 15 year old son Francis II when he became King after Henry was killed by accident. She got all the blame for the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572, in which thousands of Huguenots were killed in Paris and throughout France.
She is famous for several reasons
1. She was the neice of the Pope
2. She was married to the King of France
3. She was the mother to several other Kings of France
Why Medici family help the renaissance?
They were a famous banking family during the rennisance period
