Maddalena (slave), 63–64, 76
Madonna, 130
Magi, 116, 121, 128–30, 129, 151, 168
magic:
art and, 130–31
money and, 34
“manifest usurers,” 31
Marco, Saint, 125
Martelli, Ugolino, 120
Martin V, Pope, 24, 25, 52–53, 59, 61, 67–68, 93
Masaccio, 74, 75, 80
Masi, Matteo, 120
Mazzei, Lapo, 8
Medici, Antonio de’, 229
Medici, Averardo “Bicci” de’, 3, 8, 9–10
Medici, Averardo di Francesco de’, 83, 84, 98, 109, 111
Medici, Cambio d’Antonio de’, 8
Medici, Carlo de’, 63–64, 159
Medici, Clarice Orsini, 167, 178, 192–93, 201, 220–21, 239
Medici, Contessina de’ Bardi, 6, 52, 61, 111, 116, 162
Medici, Cosimo di Giovanni de’, 5, 6, 9, 17, 20, 24, 46, 61–152, 184, 185, 241, 242
as ambiguous figure, 86, 92, 103–9, 119–20, 121, 187–88, 246
arrest, exile, and return of, 94–100, 137, 138, 140
art and architecture commissioned by, 3, 56, 58–59, 62, 84, 104, 105, 108, 121–22, 124–30, 126, 129, 151, 186, 225, 246
birth of, 3
Calderoni’s poem addressed to, 106–7
as collector, 119, 120, 232–33
death of, 3, 107, 153
education of sons of, 159–60
as gonfaloniere della giustizia, 140
gout suffered by, 119, 127, 150
humanist education of, 55, 159
humanists’ relationships with, 92–93, 108, 119, 121, 185–86
illegitimate child of, 63–64
imprisonment and exile of, 3
Medici bank headed by, 61, 64, 66, 73, 83, 91–92, 107–20, 149–50, 171–72
motto of, 63
name saint of, see Cosma, Saint
official cleansing of sins of, 11, 128
as partner in Medici bank, 39
personality of, 61–62, 108, 119
physical appearance of, 106
political power of, 3, 86–87, 106, 107–8, 137, 139–41, 143, 153–55
portrayed in religious paintings, 129, 129, 151
princely ambitions of, 106, 160
as protective figure, 66
religious confraternities and, 62, 108–9, 116, 121
Rinaldo degli Albizzi’s victory over, 92–98
slaves of, 63–64, 86
in Ten of War committee, 86, 89, 90
title Pater Patriae awarded to, 3, 107
tomb of, 152
Medici, Damiano di Giovanni de’, 62, 91, 127
Medici, Filippo de’, 154
Medici, Francesco di Bicci, 20
Medici, Giovanni di Bicci de’, 2–3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 15, 19–20, 36, 54–55, 92, 159, 242
Albizzi family’s planned coup stopped by, 78
amount of bank profits taken by, 39
antiwar position of, 77
Bardi family and, 6
Bronzino’s portrait of, 27
death of, 84–85
early banking career of, 20, 22–23, 26, 55
elected head of Florentine government, 62
Giovanni XXIII and, 47–48, 51, 57
Medici bank founded by, 2–3, 11, 26, 38
Medici bank structured by, 48–51
retirement of, 38–39, 61
sons’ education and, 55
“stay out of the public eye” advice of, 3, 4, 27, 28
Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo de’, 61, 64, 125, 149, 150–52, 159–60, 168, 169, 171
Medici, Giovanni di Lorenzo, see Leo X, Pope
Medici, Giovanni di Pierfrancesco, 219–20
Medici, Giuliano di Piero, 205–6, 211, 214–16, 229
Medici, Laudamia Acciaiuoli, 156, 157
Medici, Lorenzo di Giovanni, 20, 97, 156
death of, 125
exile of, 98
humanist education of, 55
as Medici bank partner and director, 39, 83
on political power, 87
Medici, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’, 219–20
Medici, Lorenzo Il Magnifico de’, 5, 9, 165, 175, 180, 183–243
alum and, 190, 193, 198–99, 233
aristocratic aspirations of, 4, 203, 221–22
as art patron, 187
assassination plot against Giuliano di Piero Medici and, 206, 211–17, 219
birth of, 163
children of, 201, 208, 243
church incomes and, 233
as collector, 225
death of, 4, 241–43
education of, 163, 184, 189
excommunication and absolution of, 218, 223
Florence viewed as own personal work of art by, 208
gout suffered by, 4, 226, 240
humanism and, 206, 208
ignorance of banking declared by, 177
Il Magnifico title awarded to, 224
marriage of, 163, 167, 178, 192–93
Medici bank’s decline under, 4, 208, 213, 215, 218–20, 228–33
personality of, 203
physical appearance of, 189
as poet, 4, 184, 189–90, 191, 193, 201, 209–10, 239, 241
political power of, 4, 199–200, 209, 225–27
ricordi of, 183, 201
role of prince played by, 183–84
sculptures of, 191, 219
Volterra sacked by, 201–3
Medici, Lucrezia de’, 201
Medici, Lucrezia Tornabuoni de’, 162–63, 166, 167, 168, 202
Medici, Maddalena de’, 208, 226, 233
Medici, Piccarda Bueri de’, 20, 162
Medici, Pierfrancesco de’, 156, 157, 164, 219, 231
Medici, Piero di Cosimo de’, 3–4, 61, 64, 125, 129, 153, 165, 167, 190, 191
children of, 162–63
as collector, 160, 233
death of, 4, 177, 178, 183
ill health of, 3, 150, 151, 157, 163, 177
marriage of, 161–63, 168
Medici bank headed by, 156, 172–75
nickname of, 3
personal emblem of, 160
political education of, 159–60
political power of, 3, 155, 160, 163–67
principle of succession established by, 3, 153
Medici, Piero di Lorenzo de’, 243–45
birth of, 201
death of, 4
as “dumb son,” 243
flight from Florence of, 4, 9, 245
nickname of, 4
Medici, Silvestro de’, 7, 62
Medici, Vieri di Cambio de’, 20, 26
Medici bank:
alum affair and, see alum
Ancona branch of, 116, 117
Avignon branch of, 170, 232
Basle branch of, 113
branch directors of, 49–50, 170–71, 175, 177, 228
branch staffs of, 49
Bruges branch of, 114, 116, 120, 135, 174–77, 179, 197, 198, 213, 220, 228, 229, 231–32
condottiere and, 79
under Cosimo de’ Medici, 3, 61, 64, 66, 73, 83, 91–92, 107–20, 149–50, 171–72
debt bonds and, 81
decline and collapse of, 2, 4–5, 110, 167, 170–83, 208, 213, 215, 218–20, 228–33, 246–47
dry exchanges and, 46
Florence branch of, 49, 81, 83, 91, 94, 112, 171, 180, 217, 231, 232
foreign correspondents of, 42, 110, 114
founding of, 2, 11, 26, 38
Geneva branch of, 76–77, 91, 112–13, 115, 170, 175
under Giovanni de’ Medici, 2–3, 38–39, 47–51
Giovanni XXIII and, 47–48, 51–53
Good Men of San Martino and, 108
holding office of, 6, 48–49, 114, 115, 120, 149, 168, 169, 170, 239
London branch of, 110–11, 114, 120, 179–83, 198, 232
under Lorenzo de’Medici, 4, 208, 213, 215, 218–20, 228–33
Lyon branch of, 229–31, 232, 233, 239
Milan branch of, 150, 172–73, 175, 181, 190, 220, 232
Naples branch of, 48, 50, 201, 219, 232
partners in, 38–39, 83, 111–12, 120
under Piero de’ Medici, 3–4, 156–57, 172–75