The Medici family, also known as the House of Medici, wasthe Italian family thatruled Florence, and later Tuscany, during most of the period from 1434 to 1737, except for two brief intervals (from 1494 to 1512, and from 1527 to 1530). They first attained wealth and political power in F...
The Origins And History Of Medici Family A relatively obscure city before the 12th century, Florence managed to grow and prosper despite both external conflicts, especially those the city inaugurated against her neighbors in an effort to control the territory around the Arno River; and internal conf...
This lesson discusses the history and contributions of the Medici Family of Florence, as well as the Medici Bank. It identifies some notable family...
Niccolo Machiavelli, the first great Italian historian, and one of the most eminent political writers of any age or country, was born at Florence, May 3, 1469. He was of an old though not wealthy Tuscan family, his father, who was a jurist, dying when Niccolo was sixteen years old. We...
Florence in the Age of the Medici and Savonarola 1464-1494: A Short History with DocumentsPieper, ChristophMedievalia et Humanistica
The Medici family, also known as the House of Medici, first attained wealth and political power in Florence, Italy, in the 13th century through its success in commerce and banking. Beginning in 1434 with the rise to power of Cosimo de Medici (or Cosimo the Elder), the family’s patronage...
The bridge is easily recognizable with all the shops built on it, and the covered passage above it, a private aerial walkway built for the ruling family, the Medici Family. 5. Hitler prevented the destruction of the Ponte Vecchio in World War II ...
The Medici family dynasty may have bankrolled the Italian Renaissance in Florence, but their money would have been useless without the native talents of Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio and others. So the future of Irish art is, as always, in the hands of its artists, teachers and pupils. ...
1434: Rise of the Medici banking family in Florence; they come to hold significant sway over European politics. 1439: Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press, allowing for the quick publication of literature in Europe. 1492: Christopher Columbus sails to the New World, while Christians complete...
1743 - death of Anna Maria Luisa, last of the Medici, the Medici inheritance is bequeathed to Florence and becomes the basis of the Uffizi Gallery collection. Florence is then ruled by the house of Lorraine under Francis Stephen, who becomes Emperor I of Austria. 1799-1814 - Tuscany is occ...