Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

There is also the statement that, to know peace, you must prepare war. Machiavelli states this, again, as he lives through a ravaged northern Italy and a failing economy. If the Medicis had, in some way, shape or form prepared just the slightest for these wars, there would be (certainly) less of a problem. Rather, the Medicis focused on a strong economy, (meaning they made more money) thinking nothing of war. When war came, they were forced to raise taxes for defense purposes. Machiavelli addresses

reason, not through sovereign authorities. The narrator is the protagonist's brother, Biagio, who is telling the story from his perspective and from what he has heard from his brother. The protagonist, Cosimo, and Biagio are the sons of the Baron, the Duke of Ombrosa. Their mother, the Generalessa, is the daughter of a famous general. Their sister, Battista, likes cooking gruesome food with varieties of animals inside and feeding it to the family. Therefore, to protest, Cosimo and Biagio releases the

The House of Medici, or the Medici family, was a very influential and extremely powerful family during the time of the Renaissance in Italy. The Renaissance took place starting in the late 14th century. During this time, the people started to take interest in and have an appreciation for the classical times. The beginning of this powerful family really begins with Giovanni di Bicci deˈ Medici. He was born in the year 1360 in Florence, Italy. Originally from the Tuscan hillside, the Medici family immigrated

Italienreise (which Bach never did), Handel composed two more operas: "Florindo" and "Daphne"and reached in outshining Keiser on his own territory but he had to leave under the motivation of an Italienreise which Bach never did. Gastone de Medici was waiting for him at Florence where Haendel first successful "Italian" opera: "Rodrigo" was staged. The master neverthless meant to travel in Rome where as guest of Corelli's sponsors, Cardinals Pamhilii and Ottoboni, he