Italian Renaissance

Medici Family

People searched for lost secrets from the ancient world

Ancient knowledge was carried back to Florence.

Giovanni Medici grew up in poverty

Cosimo Medici - his son

Giovanni gets bank account and the family joins an elite group of powerful Florentine families.

Scholars like Cosimo tried to decipiher the mysteries of the ancient world

Philipo Berneleski - genius

Unorthodox style - few friends

Had a vision of classical simplicity

Sparked an architectural revolution across Europe

He wanted to build a dome

He attempted to rewrite the rules of western architecture

Cosimo's father became unhealthy and died

Giovanni was laid to rest in the church built by Berneleski

Albizzi family - Medici's rivals

Cosimo's enemies wanted to see Berneleski fail

Albizzi hatched a plot to wipe out the Medici

Cosimo was captured by them and he was taken to the top of a tower

He was at the mercy of his enemies

Cosimo was accused of treason against the city, and the people voted him guilty

He faced execution

He paid his jailers to let him out, and he survived

The Medici's were banned from Florence

Berneleski was put in jail

Since the Medici bank had run most of Florence, the city was now in turmoil

Cosimo was offered control of the city of Florence, and he accepted

He took revenge on the Albizzi

Medici bank was the most profitable bank in Europe

Medici's rival was the Pazzi

Pazzi had a conspiracy against the Medici's

They knew they would have to kill both brothers

During mass on Easter, They are killed Lorenzo and Juliano

Juliano was stabbed 19 times and died, but Lorenzo was not dead

The people turn against the plotters, and they were killed

Lorenzo saved Florence from people who disliked the Medici's in the south

He took control of the city government

Leonardo Da Vinci was recognized for his artistic abilities

Monte Chelli glorified the physical world and passions

A monk thought that Lorenzo was the cause of all that was sinful in the Renaissance

Lorenzo's wife became very sick

Michelangelo is brought into the Medici family by Lorenzo.

Lorenzo and Michelangelo have a very close relationship

The monk thought Lorenzo's reign was going to lead to the downfall of Florence

In 1492, Lorenzo fell seriously ill

He turned to the Church for the future of the Medici's

Savonarola told Lorenzo that God disapproved of his life's work

Lorenzo died, fearing hell to his last breath.

Savonarola took charge, and his rules were enforced

People burned all their vanities in a huge fire