Pragmatic pacifists marshaled around Cosimo de'Medici. Maso degli Albizzi, patriach of his family, had two sons, Luca and Rinaldo. From a young age, Luca was friends with Cosimo de'Medici.
Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native ...