Medici Family

The Confirmation of the Rule by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

The House of Medici was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence.

The Medici Family was a powerful Italian family from the thirteenth to seventeenth century. The Medicis were members of European royalty who encouraged the Italian Renaissance. They acquired great wealth and prominence through banking and ruthlessness. The Medicis also produced three popes.

See also

• Upper class

External links

• The Medici Family, History.com
• Medici family, Britannica