Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici founded the Medici bank in 1397 after splitting from his nephew to establish a bank branch in Florence. As the new bank grew and expanded, so did the wealth and power of the Medici family. When Cosimo il Vecchio de’ Medici, Giovanni’s son, took over the banking business in 1434, the increasing economic power of the Medici family allowed them to establish themselves as effective rulers of Florence while keeping the republican system of government nominally intact. The bank provided the Medici family a combination of economic and political power that facilitated the stability of Medici rule. Thus, the failure of the Medici bank during the reign of Lorenzo il Magnifico was key to the collapse of the Medici family’s power in Renaissance Florence because of the vital role that the bank played in the family’s ability to control the city. The power, prestige, and wealth of the Medici bank allowed the Medici family to obtain their power in Florence in the first place. Though the Medici also participated in the Florentine cloth trade, it was the immense wealth of the bank, and thus the family’s immense personal wealth, that formed the substance of Medici power in Florence. As the bank expanded to include branches in Venice, Geneva, London, Lyon, Avignon, Bruges, and Milan, the international economic power of the Medici increased dramatically. This economic power and influence with foreign rulers, especially rulers like the Pope, who was dependent on the Medici bank for loans, facilitated the Medici family’s rise to power in Florence. , Historians like Manfredi Piccolomini of the Medici Archive Project have also argued that the possibility of controlling or eliminating their domestic banking competition drove... ... middle of paper ... ...y 52.4 (1999): 994-1020. JSTOR. 18 Mar. 2010. Pastor, Ludwig. The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican (Vol. 5). Charleston, SC: Bibliobazaar, 2009. Piccolomini, Manfredi. "Historical Context for Financial Crises: The Medici and Their Bank." The Medici Archive Project. 29 Mar. 2010. manfredi-piccolomini-university-new-york-prague>. Pottinger, George. The Court Of The Medici. First American Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1978. Rowdon, Maurice. Lorenzo the Magnificent. London: Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1974. de Roover, Raymond. "The Decline of the Medici Bank."The Journal of Economic History 7.1 (1947): 69-82. JSTOR. 18 Mar. 2010. de Roover, Raymond. The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank 1397-1494. New York: Harvard, 1968.
The setting for this ghost story was at Sturdivant Hall, in Selma, Alabama in the 1860’s.
Prior to the careers of Popes Celestine V and Boniface XII in the 13th century, the long and, sometimes tumultuous, history of the church can be helpful in setting the stage for these two church official’s very famous, and very different tenures as pope. In different forms and methods, the medieval Catholic Church has always had a strong hold on society in addition to politics. The church has also had a troubling past when it comes to corruption, usually manifesting itself through the pursuit of this dominance over political and outside figures on all aspects of everyday life. Coupling these two themes together, the past actions and power exerted
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