The Medici rose from an obscure clan of suckups to become the dominant family in Florence, pulling the strings and becoming secret dictators of the Banker’s Republic. Guile, cunning, a little bit of luck, and a lot of finance shenanigans. They were sponsors of the Renaissance, or so they claimed…

But not every heir is a winner. When the bank starts falling apart, the family will go down with it. Can the Republic be saved??

This is a long one, buckle up.

we cover:

Giovanni Di Bicci de’Medici

Cosimo the Elder

Lorenzo the Magnificent

Piero the Loser

AND Griolamo Savonarola’s Dominican radicalism.

notes:

De Re Uxoria

https://www.itergateway.org/sites/default/files/OV42extract.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_(politician)

The Family Medici by Mary Hollingsworth

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-family-medici-9781681776484-hardcover