Cosimo de’ Medici was good at maintaining outward appearances, both in his personal life and his political life. He was able to deflect every crisis by presenting it as one which was not of his making. […]
Cosimo de’ Medici’s ‘victory’ rested in the fact that during his rule of Florence, the peninsula witnessed no wars and peace was maintained in the region for a good 50 years. […]
The rising power of Cosimo de’ Medici wasn’t to the liking of some of the elites in Florence. So, under the leadership of Rinaldo Degli Albizzi, they organized a rival party. […]
In 1429, Florence declared war on its neighbor, Lucca. This led to many financial problems for the city-state, but Cosimo de’ Medici managed to turn the situation to his advantage. […]
In 1296, Arnolfo di Cambio started the construction of a building that was completed not until a century later. This was because the technology of the time could not supportCambio’s vision. […]
Cosimo de’ Medici was born into a family that supported the arts and humanities. He used his own patronage of humanism to shape the skyline of Florence and the narratives of its history. […]
The Florentine Republic was bound together by a constitution that did not take the politicians’ love for power lightly. It ensured that no one man could hold an office for too long. […]
Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici not only learned banking, but also mastered it enough to start his own bank. The Medici Bank would prove to be the backbone of his family’s rise to power in the Florentine Republic. […]
Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici held incredible financial and political power in Florence. He was also actively involved in supporting the sculptural innovations of Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi. […]
After the Black Death, Florence underwent many demographic and political changes while its economy recovered. It scholars sought answers to the new problems by focusing on the past experiences. […]
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