Pragmatic pacifists marshaled around Cosimo de'Medici. Maso degli Albizzi, patriach of his family, had two sons, Luca and Rinaldo. From a young age, Luca was friends with Cosimo de'Medici.

Built in just five months for Cosimo I de’ Medici, it provided a secure and private route for the family to travel between their residence and offices, away from the public eye and potential ...

Laurent Binet’s Renaissance epistolary novel blends the postmodern playfulness of Umberto Eco with the vigour of Dashiell ...

The House of Medici came to prominence in Italy in the fifteenth century as a result of the wealth they had built up through banking. With the rise of Cosimo de' Medici, they became Florence's ...

Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici commissioned Vasari to construct the private passageway so the Grand Dukes could travel undisturbed from their residence at Pitti Palace to the seat of government in the ...