Italian Wars

A period in which the Medici exercised decisive influence over the Florentine Republic without initially ruling as hereditary monarchs.

Cultural, intellectual and artistic flourishing in Italian states from the late medieval into the early modern period, with especially influential developments in Florence, Venice and Rome.

A conspiracy involving the Pazzi family and Medici opponents culminated in an attack on Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici in Florence on April 26, 1478.

The central city of the series and the seat of Medici influence during the Renaissance.