Today, Ash takes a small dive into the giant pool of the Medici family. We look at the life of Bianca Cappello and her rise into the family as well as how many people might have died for her to rise in the ranks of Italian nobility.

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_Cappello

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bianca-Capello

http://www.travelingintuscany.com/art/biancacappello.htm

https://www.projectcontinua.org/bianca-capello/

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG158123

https://www.jstor.org/stable/48617287

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1761188/

https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/bianca-cappello-as-granduchess-of-tuscany-detail-of-a-portrait-by-alessandro

https://www.khm.at/en/visit/exhibitions/2015/point-of-view-12/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/renaissance-papers-2006/power-of-association-a-study-in-the-legitimization-of-bianca-cappello-through-medici-matriarchal-portraiture/8001F5792A544FF8763C2C521DA458F6

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