My History Presentation- Lorenzo de Medici

Lorenzo de Medici's Portrait

 Lorenzo de Medici was an Italian who lived at the peak of the Renaissance period. He was born on the New Year's Day of 1449, and died in the year of 1492. He was one of the Medicis, who later became the royal family of Italy. He was an Italian statesman, but was a virtual leader of Florence, controlling Florence indirectly. He did a lot of things that were heroic in the wars and in the politics, while devoting his whole life trying to develop the Renaissance, or Rebirth.
When he was young, he went to a lot of diplomatic and political missions commissioned by his parents. His grandfather was Cosimo de Medici, who founded the Medici Bank. Banking was able to raise the Medici family to a very vital, rich, and famous family. Cosimo de Medici spent a lot of his wealth on philanthropy and politics. Lorenzo de Medici's parents were amateur poets and artists.
Lorenzo de Medici ruled Florence indirectly but strongly as a virtual leader. Pazzis, the rivals of the Medicis, were envious. So they stabbed Lorenzo and his brother Giuliano. This incident is called the Pazzi Conspiracy. While Giuliano lost his life in the conspiracy, Lorenzo was able to survive. Lorenzo de Medici took down the archbishop and killed most of the Pazzis, which resulted in Vatican's wrath. Vatican made an ally with Kind Ferdinand of Naples. Later, King Ferdinand's son led the invasion at Florence. When the war dragged on., Lorenzo negotiated with Naples by himself, and marked the end of the war bravely. This gave him much power. Later in his politics, Lorenzo de Medici concentrated on maintaining the peace between the Italian states and with the other countries.
Lorenzo de Medici also devoted his life trying to develop the Renaissance. He even lived with Michelangelo for several years. He expanded his grandfather's collection of poems and artworks, creating Medici Library. He also tried to merge the ideas of humanism and Plato's ideas.
Shortly before he died, the Medici Bank collapsed because of bad loans, etc. He died without any specific reasons. Now he is buried in Medici Chapel designed by Michelangelo. It is being told that Lorenzo de Medici died at the dawn of discovery, since Columbus discovered American continent 6 months later. Thank you for attending my presentation.