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Medici, Cosimo de'
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Medici, Cosimo de' (1389–1464)

Italian politician and banker. Regarded as the model for Machiavelli's The Prince, he dominated the government of Florence from 1434 and was a patron of the arts.

He was succeeded by his inept son Piero de' Medici (1416–1469).

Medici, Cosimo de' (1519–1574)

Italian politician, ruler of Florence; duke of Florence from 1537 and 1st grand duke of Tuscany from 1569.



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Rejecting deterministic models, she argues that humanist praise of Cosimo the Elder was not mere adulation of a boss and patron by Medici clients and would-be clients but a way for patriotic republicans to restrain the ambition of the Medici by tying them to classical models.
The Medici in Florence: The Exercise and Language of Power by Menning, Carol Bresnahan / Renaissance Quarterly
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