Medici Notes

The Medici family

1. At the dawn of the 15th century they went into a church to look for knowledge. Lost secrets from the ancient world
2. Florence was a major trading center. It was the place to be.
3. The Medici family had a small bank run by the father. Giovanni Medici.
4. They helped a pirate join the church and become pope. He was pope John the Third.
5. They became known as God's bank.
6. There was a cathedral being built but they failed and didn’t finish it so it had no dome.
7. The Medici family searched for a way to fix the dome.
8. Philipo Brunelleschi drew how the cathedral should be finished. People didn’t like his unorthodox style.
9. Brunelleschi's style was different so when people were building the cathedral people would stand and watch them.
10. The Medici helped him.
11. The Medici family tried to get power and then promote their image.
12. Cosimo supported Brunelleschi.
13. He wrote his calculations in code because he didn't want his ideas stolen.
14. He would have to rewrite the rules of western architecture.
15. The health of Cosimo's father began to fall as Brunelleschi's dome was being built.
16. In 1420 Giovanni Medici died.
17. Cosimo had to assume his father's role.
18. Cosimo had a rival family.
19. Cosimo was summoned to the palace of government. The Albetsi were waiting for him. (rival family)
20. Cosimo was found guilty and then he was to be executed.
21. But then his life was spared. They paid his jail to let him out.
22. He and his family were then banished.
23. Brunelleschi was thrown into jail and work on the dome was abandoned.
24. Florentine business stopped because there was no Medici bank.
25. Within a year the Albetsi lost control of the people.
26. Cosimo came back. The Medici were back in business.
27. Money came back to Florence and Brunelleschi led his workers back into the dome.
28. The Medici became the most profitable bank in Europe.
29. Pazzi were the rival bank and the second richest family
30. On Easter Sunday the Medici family was in church worshiping the holiday and Juliano Medici was stabbed 19 times, but Lorenzo was un accounted for
31. He shows himself to the crowd and he is wounded
32. Lorenzo traveled Lorenzo had Florence under his power and control
33. Leonardo DaVinci had great artistic talent
34. One monk did not like Lorenzo having power
35. On July 29 Lorenzo's wife died of tuberculosis
36. Lorenzo established an art school
37. Michelangelo was thirteen and he already had great talent so Lorenzo took him under his wing
38. Lorenzo brought him into his family to grow up with Lorenzo seven children
39. Florence was split down the people
40. Under Lorenzo Florence had reached new heights of culture
41. Lorenzo became ill Lorenzo knew he was dying
42. Lorenzo died at the age of 43 and he feared hell
43. Savonarola did not allow make up and jewelry
44. Botticelli hurled his own paintings into the flames
45. The Renaissance had collapsed