The Medici were a pretty rowdy bunch.
Ah Shucks! Let's not forget the Borgias....Both contributed some really XXXXX Popes in their day............
“The Medici were a pretty rowdy bunch.”
- The Medicis of the past were rowdy by our standards, but compared to many Italians, the Medicis are/were pretty calm, almost civilized:)
I have a book written by Lorenza de Medici, a present day member of the famous Medici family. This noble woman is an expert of Italian cuisine. Seems like a nice lady.
Speaking of Tuscans and books, here’s a book I’d really like to recommend to anyone who wishes to know how people that actually lived during the Renaissance experienced their own time:
Florence has always been petty bourgeoise, this piece of literature will convince you (- don’t get me wrong, Florence truly deserves the nickname “La Magnifica” and she is forever in my heart!)
If I was to write a “Florentine diary” myself, based on what I, personally, have experienced in blossoming Florentia (the ancient Roman name of Florence, meaning “the flourishing”), it would certainly be less dramatic than a text based on what I’ve experienced in Naples.
I remember waking up on a building/construction site in old Napoli, reading the words “Milanesi siete merda!” the first thing I did that day and thinking “what has this got to do with me?” (for some reason I can sleep anywhere, don’t ask me why this is so). As long as you don’t get into a lot of fights and such things, I guess alcohol is a blessing..
I’m very much a son of the Swedish middle class™ and my life’s quite comfy and all that, but waking up on a such a place is something that never has happened and never will happen to sweet Lorenza at Badia a Coltibuono in the Chianti district..