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2. Did Medici Family hasten, or even give birth to, the Renaissance?
a. Hans Baron(“Hans Baron (1900 – 1988) was an acclaimed German historian of political thought and literature in the Italian Renaissance.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Baron )
in his paper " anegyric to the City of Florence and History of the Florentine People", he
“decisively placed Florence and the Medici at the heart of the origins of the Renaissance.”
b. the above was cited from Jerry Brotton (the director of the college's MA in Renaissance Studies), "THE RENAISSANCE A Very Short Introduction".
Also:
“The accumulating wealth and status of merchant bankers laid the foundations for the political power and artistic innovation characteristic of the European Renaissance. The Medici family who dominated Florentine politics and culture throughout the 15th century started out life as merchant bankers.
c. Italian wikipedia has a full range cover of 'Medici'. the followings are few conclusive lines about the Medici Family:
da un lato la storia "buona" dei Medici che compiono il miracolo inatteso del "rinascimento" grazie al denaro delle loro banche; dall'altro la storia "cattiva" dei signori che tolsero la libertà a un popolo felice nella propria democrazia.
translation by google:
the story "good" of the Medici who carries out unexpected miracle of the "renaissance" thanks to the money in their banks and secondly the story "bad" of the gentlemen who took the liberty a people happy in their own democracy.
d. From PBS's series ” Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance”, I acquired those details about the Medici family who risked their lives on the transport of classic documents from the East,
e.
I didn't go into considerable detail on Will Durant's renowned 'The Story of Civilization: The Renaissance.' (800 pages), of which "BOOK II: THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE: 1378-1534" provides a throughout explanation about the essentially constructive impact the Medici had on the renaissance.
but I did find the following descriptions:
"It was under the Medici, or in their day, that the humanists captivated the mind of Italy, turned it from religion to philosophy, from heaven to earth, and revealed to an astonished generation the riches of pagan thought and art.
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Lured by the reputation of the Medici and other Florentines for generous patronage, scholars flocked to Florence and made it the capital of literary learning."
and in Volume 6, I discoverd the Durant's definitive attitude towards the Medici family:
" Leo, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was now head of the Medici family, which had nourished the Renaissance in Florence; he was a scholar, a poet, and a gentleman, kindly and generous, in love with classical literature and delicate art."
Should the conclusion be drawn? Maybe too early. Is it fair to say at least Medici family had been deeply involved into the origin of the Renaissance? Maybe yes, at least to me. I feel equally quite safe to claim the Medici family changed the world as the catalyst of the Renaissance, as I did last night.
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