(thing) by Woundweavr Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:09:06
Italian merchant family from Florence that dominated politics in Italy during the early Renaissance.
They produced two Popes, several Cardinals, dozens of Princes and two Regents of Spain.
Machiavelli wrote The Prince about a Medici. Their sponsorship of the arts, and the resulting trend helped bring about the advancement of art that helped defind the Renaissance.
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