The Medici family is a prominent family from Florence, Italy. They were a very successful and wealthy family. Separate guilds divided ancient Florence. One guild was made up of vendors, bakers, and other workers and tradesmen. The other was for wealthy residents.…
During the Renaissance, the Borgia Family and the Papacy were the most important powers and some of the most disliked powers as well due to their reputation for brutality. The Borgia Family was often associated with…
The Renaissance produced many advances in the artistic, educational, and philosophical realms that in turn affected the political spheres of Italy. One of the most influenced by Italy’s political spheres was Niccolo Machiavelli, who was exiled by the Medici family. In this time, he wrote his book The Prince as a guide on how to rule effectively and was directly penned towards the same people who banished him. Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, while appearing to be simply a handbook on how to rule a kingdom successfully, is a fascinating look into the traits that shape Machiavelli’s idea of a great ruler.…
They gain economic power by working with foreign powers. The dukes work with England with trade, and the Medici family use banking to gain wealth from the Catholic Church. The Burgundy family gains land by marrying the right people and inheriting land. Medici used Florence’s army to conquer land. The dukes let their vessels work the land and do not change policies, while the Medici family use money to buy political favor and use whatever means to get ahead.…
“If you think about it, the extinction of tapirs would seriously affect biodiversity as a whole” (Medici). Patrícia Medici (wildlife conservationist) has dedicated most of her life to the conservation of the tapirs. Medici is very successful in reaching her audience using ethos and pathos, but where she excels in those two modes of persuasion she lacks in logos. Although, she does give us a lot of information about her study, she doesn’t quite give us the numbers to believe what she is…
On May 3, 1469, Niccolo Machiavelli, arguably one of the greatest Italian Politicians of all time, was born. The young historian was born into a wealthy family of five, with whom he shared his love for reading. Known predominantly for his work The Prince, Machiavelli was one of the utmost writers of the Renaissance. He gained this title through hard work and determination that never seemed to be absent in his many different careers. Little is known about the great Italian writer, Niccolo Machiavelli.…
Today the throngs of tourists who flock to admire the beauty of Florence owe their pleasure to the Medici involvement in the structure of the city. This paper has attempted to demonstrate that through the unique organization and structuring of the Medici Bank, great fortunes were made and lost but without a doubt, the Medici created the unique and effective banking system that the world had seen in the 15th…
Document analysis paper The Renaissance was started by the creation of humanism. Leonardo Bruni, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Baldassare Castiglione were all humanists but Leonardo Bruni was the chancellor of Florence. Niccolò Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione were authors that were famous for writing The Prince and The Book of Courtier, respectively. Machiavelli later became the “father of modern political theory.”…
Through the Medici Party and many other established connections, the successful Medici leaders controlled the European Economy in the 15th Century. The Medici Family, originally from Mugello, a small, rural town, rose from simple beginnings to rule Florence (Cesati 19). The first ruler, Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, moved a small Roman Bank Branch to Florence in order to utilize the possibility for expansion and investments (“Medici Bank”). After the death of Giovanni, Cosimo de’ Medici, took control of the bank and expanded the trade by capitalizing on wool and cloth industries and opening up deposit accounts and bills of exchange (“Medici Bank”). Cosmo’s power derived from his great wealth as a banker, his patronage of the arts and success…
Italy’s Culture Ciao! - Hello! Italy is a very beautiful country with various landscapes. Italy has a wide range of regions from valleys to flat plains and rolling hills.…
Latin people now used their own vernacular, which in the case of Florence was Florentine. A renowned political strategist named Lorenzo 'Il Magnifico' assumed control of Florence in 1469 and utilized a network of banking and patronage arrangements as well as negotiating with other major powers in order to ensure political stability throughout Italy. We see the rising power attached to Florence as a city-stare in what is now Italy and we thus see how the rise of economic power within Florence influenced the increasing…
This man would grow up to be one of the greatest artist in the Renaissance. Sandro Botticelli was born on the 17 of May in 1446. When young, Botticelli was trained to become a goldsmith by his brother Antonio. He later then decided to become an artist. At the age of fourteen he became an apprentice.…
None have carved their mark so deeply as that by the Lombards. Officially, the Lombards origin is believed to be Scandinavia, in which they then were a tribe by the name of Winnili. The landless savages sought terrain for that of building a prosperous Kingdom. Italy was seen as the ideal location for settling, provided that famine, war and plague left them teetering on the brink of collapse. Both Christianity and Catholicism presented as prime religions during the Lombards rule.…
4. Florence was considered to be the focus of what came to be the Renaissance. The political realm of Florence was dictated by the Medici family. This family controlled the city in secret, for nearly eight decades. The family saw the city of Florence as their work of art One member of this family was Cosimo de’ Medici.…
During this time the Medici family dominated the banking industry. The rise of the wealthy Medici family and their patronage to the arts and sciences helped usher in the Renaissance and the beginning of Humanism (Catling 43). The benefit of their support led to Florence becoming famous for creative master artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Botticelli and writers such as Petrarch and Dante (Italia.it). The Florentine language that dominated these literary works led to it becoming the language used throughout Italy today (Discover Tuscany). As the one time capital of Italy, Florence is now known as the “intellectual and artistic capital of southern Europe” (Ott…