The Rise of Cosimo de Medici
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- Cosimo de Medici’s father, Giovanni, founded the Medici Bank. He soon had branches in Rome, Florence, Venice and Geneva.
- Cosimo de Medici was nominated Priori, a member of the Signoria of Florence.
- I'm so happy that i get to join the Signoria
- Cosimo’s father, Giovanni de Medici died. Cosimo became head of the family and the Medici Bank.
- My father has died and left his bank to me. I'll do my best to make sure it flourishes.
- Cosimo had many rivals including the Albizzi family and Palla Strozzi. In a bid to reduce Medici power, they accused Cosimo of rising above his station, a serious crime in democratic Florence, and he was arrested and imprisoned. He managed to convince and bribe members of the Signoria to commute his sentence to exile. He left Florence for Padua taking his bank with him.
- How dare they threaten to kill me. Good thing I was able to get my sentence reduced to exile. Ill make them rue the day they ever messed with me!
- In Florence the loss of the Medici bank had a negative effect on the economy and Cosimo was invited to return. On his return his opponents were exiled.
- Well that didn't take long! I knew they wouldn't last long without me, and with my opponents now exiled I'll be able to do some real good for this city.
- Cosimo founded the first public library in Florence. The people of Florence were allowed to use the library free of charge.
- Finally with this new library I'll finally be able to place more of a focus on education and the arts. This will be a major step in moving this city of Florence into our own renaissance.
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