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The Medici Bankers Who Funded the Renaissance
We trace the financial architecture behind Florence’s cultural explosion, focusing on Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici and his son Cosimo. This episode moves beyond the art to examine how double-entry bookkeeping, the florin coin, and international banking networks transformed a city-state into the engine of the Renaissance. We explore the Pazzi Conspiracy, the role of papal finances, and how money literally built the Duomo and the Palazzo Medici. By looking at the ledgers of the Medici Bank, we see how commerce, not just creativity, shaped modern Europe.
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