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Lorenzo De' Medici and Florence in the Fifteenth Century
Lorenzo De' Medici and Florence in the Fifteenth Century Author:Edward Armstrong General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1911 Original Publisher: Putnam Subjects: Florence (Italy) History / Europe / Italy History / Renaissance Travel / Europe / Italy Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy ... more »the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Alfonso of Naples -- Ferrantc of Naples. CHAPTER II. Accession of Piero de' Medici to power -- Introduction of Lorenzo to public life -- Opposition to the Medici -- The Neroni conspiracy -- The Colleonic war -- Lorenzo's tournament -- His marriage -- His visit to Milan. 1464-1469. PON the death of Cosimo, Lorenzo's public career began. His father, Piero, had not the push of his predecessor and successor; he was either more scrupulous or less ambitious. Miserable health, moreover, frequently forced him into complete retirement. While Piero nursed his gout and fostered his banking business in his villa at Careggi, the city became accustomed to regard his two brilliant sons as the active representatives of the party. Lorenzo was now fifteen. His childhood had been his initiation; he was well prepared to enter into the mysteries of power. It would be pitiful to compare the mental atmosphere of the son of a prince or a millionaire of to-day with that of the young Medici. Life for him already had its interests beyond the daily round of games which have become its object, beyond the common tasks which form their unwelcome interruption. Lorenzo had been the constant companion of his father and grandfather. All the characteristics of the elder man had left their unconscious impress upon a nature singularly impressionable. To his mother Lorenzo believed that he owed yet more. Lucrezia Tornabuoni was descended from a noble Florentine house which had abandoned its gentility in ord...« less