Lorenzo de’ Medici (Dictionary of World Biography: The Renaissance)
Early Life
Lorenzo de’ Medici was born in Florence in 1449. His father, Piero, died at age fifty-three in 1469. Lorenzo’s grandfather, Cosimo, building on the accomplishments of his father, Giovanni, had established himself as the most powerful individual in the Florentine Republic. Medici influence resulted in the wealth accumulated through banking activities. Financial abilities were joined to political talents and ambitions, which made them the most formidable nonroyal family in fifteenth century Europe.
The Medicis were not unique. By the 1400’s, there were...
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