Medici
Florence's ruling dynasty
The Medici were a Florentine banking family who dominated Renaissance Italy through wealth, political power, and cultural patronage.
They produced four popes and two queens of France.
Their name now evokes lavish artistic sponsorship—the family bankrolled Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Galileo.
The tech billionaire fancies himself a modern Medici.
Quattrocento painter from Florence
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
- LeonardoItalian masculine name
- DonatelloQuattrocento Florentine sculptor
- BrunelleschiFlorentine Renaissance master builder
Raphael · Vasari · commission · sponsorship · workshop · altarpiece · fresco · sculpture
Central Italian region
- ArnoTuscan watercourse
- UffiziFlorentine art museum
- Ponte VecchioMedieval Florentine bridge with shops
- BrunelleschiFlorentine Renaissance master builder
Historic European gold coins
- ducatsHistoric gold coins
- double-entry bookkeepingLedger system balancing debits and credits
- branch networkLinked local outlets
- RomeItaly's capital city
Venice · London · Bruges · wool trade · alum · letters of credit · interest · usury
Rule by few
- factionGroup within group
- exileBanishment from homeland
- returnGo back again
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
republicanism · Pope · alliance · diplomacy · French invasion · Habsburg · sovereignty · statecraft
Hereditary symbolic emblem
- successionFollowing in order
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- intermarriageWedding between different groups
- HabsburgsAustrian imperial dynasty
Botticelli
Quattrocento painter from Florence
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
- LeonardoItalian masculine name
- DonatelloQuattrocento Florentine sculptor
Brunelleschi · Raphael · Vasari · commission · sponsorship · workshop · altarpiece · fresco · sculpture · humanism
Tuscany
Central Italian region
- ArnoTuscan watercourse
- UffiziFlorentine art museum
- Ponte VecchioMedieval Florentine bridge with shops
florins
Historic European gold coins
- ducatsHistoric gold coins
- double-entry bookkeepingLedger system balancing debits and credits
- branch networkLinked local outlets
Rome · Venice · London · Bruges · wool trade · alum · letters of credit · interest · usury · wealth
oligarchy
Rule by few
assassination · republicanism · Pope · alliance · diplomacy · French invasion · Habsburg · sovereignty · statecraft · intrigue
coat of arms
Hereditary symbolic emblem
- successionFollowing in order
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- intermarriageWedding between different groups
- Italian NobilityBorgia, Gonzaga, Savoy, dukes, counts
- Italian DynastiesGonzaga, Borgia, Savoy
- historical figureshistorical figures, leaders, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc
- Italian HeritageRome, Florence, Venice, Vatican, Tuscany
- ItalyRome, Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples
- Famous FamiliesKennedys, Rothschilds, Bushes, Rockefellers, Vanderbilts
Mediciiconoclast
Attacker of cherished beliefs
vandal · philistine · barbarian · Attila the Hun · Taliban
- medical careProfessional treatment of illness
- medicine cabinetSmall bathroom storage for remedies
- medical historyRecord of past ailments
- cough medicineRemedy for chest complaints
- cold medicine
- medical schoolPhysician training institution
medicine, medical, medication, medic, medicinal, paramedic, remedial, medicate, paramedical