Alessandro had a lot of power when he was the first duke of Florence. He was the patron of some of the leading artists of the era and is one of the two Medici princes whose remains are buried in the famous tomb by Michaelangelo. He was the first black head of state in the modern western world. Alessandro was born in 1510 to a black serving woman in the Medici household who is simply mentioned in existing documents as Simonetta da Collavechio. Historians today are convinced that Alessandro was fathered by the seventeen year old Cardinal Giulio de Medici. His father would later become Pope Clement VII. Cardinal Giulio was the nephew of Lorenzo the Magnificent. When Giulio was being elected Pope in 1523, he was forced to relinquish the lordship of Florence but he appointed a regent for his thirteen year old son Alessandro who had just been created Duke of Penna, and a nephew, Ipollito. They were the last of what has come to be referred to as the elders of the family. …show more content…
When peace was finally made two years later between the Papal and the Imperial factions, Charles V agreed to militarily restore Florence to the Medici. After a restriction of eleven months, Alessandro was brought back as the Emperor 's designated head of state. In 1532, the new Florentine constitution stated Alessandro the permanent gonfalonier of the republic. Though his common sense and his feeling for justice won his subjects ' affection, the others in sympathy with the displaced opposition hated Alessandro and accused him of using his power to sexually exploit the public. However, only two illegitimate children with the possibility of a third, have been attributed to him and even these he fathered with one woman, Taddea Malespina, a distant cousin of
() Cromwell left the battlefield and continued his voyage to Italy. Having no fortune at all, Cromwell strolled the streets of Florence and soon makes friends with a member of the Frescobaldi household. Francesco Frescobaldi, “part of a distinguished banking family, takes sympathy on the young Cromwell, [coveys] him in and soon sees his potential”. Cromwell was eager to learn about the family business and proved to the family that he was a loyal servant. On one trip with his master he was vacated in Venice to provide as an agent for a local merchant.
During the Renaissance we noticed big changes every such as art, economics, culture, religion and many more. One thing that didn’t change though was a strong leader so that his people/nation can strive. Lorenzo de Medici however, was not the strong leader . He ruled with his intelligence he got from a young age and put his people first more than himself. Machiavelli did not believe this was the right way of ruling and to prove to Lorenzo he knew what he was talking about he decided to write the book called The Prince.
By playing the role as the "peace keeper" in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Bonvolio has inspired many characters throughout the play. In the play Bonvolio inspires in his actions, words, and how others treat him. Bonvolio does not only inspire characters from the play, but the audience of the play. Bonvolio was able to inspire others by acting with care towards all events or challenges. Even though Bonvolio despised the Montegues, he realized the outcome of fighting, would not be a good one, "Part fools!
The pope that I want to introduce is Pope Julius II. He is famous among hundreds of pope because he doesn’t take care of his spiritual pursuits very much. Instead of that, he contributed to the war and the western art at that time. He is famous also because he is apart from the corruption, and he has an extremely bad temper. He always lost his self control and be rude too.
Act III starts out when Benvolio, Mercutio and Romeo encounter Tybalt in the street. Tybalt starts throwing insults at a calm Romeo, resulting in Mercutio stepping in to fight Tybalt and ultimately dying at the hands of his enemy. Romeo becomes angry and wants revenge, so he kills Tybalt. After this is over the prince finds out and banishes Romeo. Juliet finds out and is devastated sending Nurse to fetch Romeo, so they may spend the night together.
Person A claims to have a good reputation. He gets bad grades in school and does not follow any given set of rules whatsoever. This person spreads rumors about other people and many terrible rumors are spread about him throughout the school. Many do not agree that this person has a good reputation. He exclaims that he does not care what other people think about him, which he says is an important part of a good reputation, and that his reputation is not important to him.
This lead to Gotti's elevation inside the family. Gotti was able to take the position of
Florence had been under a republican government since 1494 when the leading Medici family and its supporters had been driven from power. During this time, Machiavelli thrived under the patronage of the Florentine ‘gonfaloniers’ chief administrator for life, Piero Soderini. In 1512, however, with the assistance of Spanish troops, the Medici defeated the republic 's armed forces and dissolved the government. Machiavelli was a direct victim of the regime change: he was initially placed in a form of internal exile and, when he was (wrongly) suspected of conspiring against the Medici in 1513, he was imprisoned and tortured for several weeks. His retirement thereafter to his farm outside of Florence afforded the occasion and the impetus for him to turn to literary pursuits.
Dante strongly believed in the political autonomy of his peninsula and wanted it free from Pope's interference in the management of the temporal power to the point that, when Pope Boniface VIII called in Italy Charles of Valois (brother of the French King Philip the Fair) Dante felt betrayed also by the fact that the Pope had involved in the internal struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines foreign people that enacted the victory of the Black Guelphs (the political faction that wanted the temporal power in Pope's hands) and Dante's exile. In a few words, on 1st of November 1301, Charles of Valois (brother of the French King named Philip the Fair) invaded Florence with the official intent to bring peace between the two internal warring factions
After marrying Isabella of Castile which was the first step to his domination and success starting in Spain. He had a successful run as king of Aragon. His achievements has Machiavelli described were "...all magnificent and some of them unparalleled" (XXI).
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an actor, poet, and playwright, but he did so much more than that. He changed psychology, the english language, theater, writing, and created thousands of words we still use today. William Shakespeare wrote and acted in his plays during the Renaissance, which was a time from the 1300s until the 1600s when ideas of society changed. During the Renaissance, a new concept started to form that changed society which was humanism.
Romeo and Juliet is about two kids that fell in love but their parents don’t allow it and ended up dead then their parents made up. Pyramus and Thisbe is about two kids that fell in love that died as well but their parents didn’t make up. Both boys jumped to conclusions when they thought their girlfriends were dead. Romeo and Juliet is a story and Pyramus Thisbe is a poem. Romeo was in love with someone else that didn’t love him back her name was Roseline and Romeo’s friends took him to a party where he met Juliet and fell in love at first sight.
He believed that princes must use violence to maintain power within their princedoms, which shows that Machiavelli saw political power and leaders as weak and unstable. He saw this as the Italian city-states fought for control over land. He also witnessed this as the Medici family lost power in Florence and the new ruler, Girolamo Savonarola, took over. Savonarola, a Dominican monk, was incredibly pious. He hosted the Bonfire of the Vanities and burned art, fashion, jewels, and other secular objects.
Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy, on May 3, 1469 and died in Florence, Italy on June 22, 1527. Machiavelli was a very wise man, he wrote plays and several poems. His most notable work was his creation of The Prince, which will be explored in this paper. He served as a diplomat for fourteen years while the Medici family were in exile, although when the Medici had returned from exile and regained power in 1512 they would have Machiavelli tortured and then released from his political position. After his torture and release from politics is when Machiavelli wrote his book The Prince, which essentially outlined his ideology on politics, and the rise of power.
He also learned a vast amount of knowledge from his father’s library. -When he was 29 he became the second chancery. He held this position from 1498 until 1512 when the Medici family returned to power and banished him to his farm after torturing him for some time. -During his exile he wrote The Prince which discusses the different principalities, how a prince should rule, and how to use the military.