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Gods, Graves, Glyphs
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[EggsAckley]

I love this period in Italian history.

[dirtboy]

One of the most notorious crimes of the Renaissance, the attempted assassination of Florence's grandest son, Lorenzo dei Medici, has been solved more than 500 years later.

Now that's a cold case.

[LibWhacker]

The portrait, an icon of the Renaissance, shows the
Duke in all his imposing authority: a bull-necked man
with raven hair slipping out from a red top hat, looking
fiercely at his wife, represented in profile in another
portrait.

[in the Arena]

Known as the Pazzi conspiracy, the plot was led by Francesco dei Pazzi, whose banking family had resented for years the Medici climb to power.

The beginings of mafia ?

[DoctorMichael]

Bttt

PBS just showed a very beautifully filmed historical special on 'The Medici' (6 hours in length?) chronicling who they were, the entire dynasty, their rise to power, what they did (both good and bad), and how it affected both the secular and religious aspects of civilization at the time, and STILL echos today.

VERY recommended!

[DoctorMichael]

PBS show here....................

Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance tells the story of a violent, dramatic and compelling age; a critical turning point in Western history.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/show/prog.html

[BlessedByLiberty]

Truly fascinating. I too love this historical period.

apropos of Italian history is a great quote from The Thin Man: In Italy for 30 years of the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo daVinci and the Renaissance.

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 5 hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did they produce? The cuckoo-clock.

[SunkenCiv]

The author is a descendant of one of the little-known figures in Renaissance Italian politics. Just finished reading this, and *highly* recommend it to anyone interested in nonfiction, history, the Renaissance, Italy, art, or Machiavelli. :')

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The Montefeltro Conspiracy: A Renaissance Mystery Decoded by Marcello Simonetta Kindle Paperback Bantam hardcover search

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[SunkenCiv]

1478 Assassination Solved. The Humanist Did It.
NYT | March 6, 2004 | FELICIA R. LEE
Posted on 03/07/2004 3:08:22 PM PST by farmfriend
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1092764/posts

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‘Satanic’ Art In Catholic Church Exposed
WorldNetDaily | March 25, 2006 | Staff
Posted on 03/25/2006 11:29:40 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1603287/posts

The Medici Meltdown
Forbes.com | October 31, 2008 | Marcello Simonetta
Posted on 11/01/2008 6:16:27 AM PDT by billorites
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121611/posts

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