Florence at the dawn of the Renaissance -- The foundations of Medici greatness -- The godfather: Cosimo de' Medici -- The gouty: Piero de' Medici -- Lorenzo the maginificent -- Magnificence achieved -- The first collapse of the Medici regime -- Theocracy and republicanism at Florence -- The Medici restoration -- The last Florentine Republic -- The Black Prince: Alessandro de' Medici -- Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand duke of Tuscany.
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