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The couple wanted to increase their influence outside of Florence, especially in the Roman courts. [32] In spring 1467, she visited the Pope again while seeking women suitable to marry her son Lorenzo. [33] [19] To improve the family's social status, Lucrezia arranged for her son to marry Clarice Orsini in June 1469. [32]
The Discourse on Reforming the Government of Florence (Italian: Discorso sopra il riformare lo stato di Firenze) is a 1520 work by Italian Renaissance political scientist and writer Niccolò Machiavelli.
"If the wife of a man followed after another man and he slept with her, they shall slay that woman, but that male shall be set free", "If a man violates the right of another and deflowers the virgin wife of a young man, they shall kill that male", "If a man proceeded by force, and deflowered the virgin female slave of another man, that man must ...
On 6 July 1439 the Emperor and all of the present bishops except one assented, [11] signing their names to Eugene's Articles of Union. The day was proclaimed a public holiday in Florence, the Day of Union, and triumphal ceremonies were held. [10] Eugene IV then officially proclaimed the union in the form of a bull, Laetentur Coeli. [10]
The leading Guelph families were banished and the government of Florence was radically restructured to ensure Ghibelline dominance. [1] Farinata's allies wanted to ensure that Florence would never again rise to threaten them. Following the example of Roman ruthlessness towards its enemy Carthage, they voted to raze Florence utterly to the ...
On left, Christina Novak and on right, her mom Florence Harrelson No one was more surprised than Christina Novak when the short online obituary she placed in the Kennebec Journal about her mom’s ...
Caterina Sforza (1463 – 28 May 1509) was an Italian noblewoman, the Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, firstly with her husband Girolamo Riario, and after his death as a regent of her son Ottaviano.
Doris Price eschewed making any deals with Kodak, whereas Florence wanted to seek a compromise. The rift continued to grow, with Price becoming concerned that Florence was becoming too much of a ...