#giuliano medici

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"The Medici were not loved; they were feared. The assassins aimed at the fear factor, hoping that the Florentines would conclude that they were not invincible and would flock to the Pazzi banner. Their mistake was to underestimate the raw courage of Lorenzo, who survived their attack, and to kill Giuliano, who might have been able to lead a successful defense." - Paul Strathern, "The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance"

The assassination of Giuliano de' Medici was mentioned in several primary sources from the time period, including contemporary chronicles and letters. One of the most important primary sources is the "Diary of Luca Landucci," a Florentine wool merchant who witnessed the events of the Pazzi conspiracy and recorded them in his diary. Landucci's diary provides a detailed and vivid account of the conspiracy and the events leading up to the assassination of Giuliano de' Medici.

Other primary sources that mention the assassination of Giuliano de' Medici include the letters of the Medici family, particularly those of Lorenzo de' Medici and his mother, Lucrezia Tornabuoni. These letters provide insights into the personal reactions of the Medici family to the events of the conspiracy and the death of Giuliano.

It was also a significant event in the history of Florence, as it marked the beginning of a period of political instability and violence known as the "War of the Eight Saints." In the aftermath of the conspiracy, the Medici family consolidated their power and launched a ruthless campaign of revenge against their enemies, which included the execution of many of the conspirators and their supporters.

"The Pazzi conspiracy was a daring and ambitious plot that ultimately failed, but not before claiming the life of one of Florence's most beloved sons. Giuliano de' Medici was a true Renaissance prince, cultured, handsome, and beloved by all who knew him. His death was a tragedy for Florence and a blow to the cause of humanism and progress in Italy." - Christopher Hibbert, "The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall"

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Hii, i would be very happy to hear your opinion about this

in medici ep5 of s2 it was implied that giuliano was mad that lorenzo didn't ask him to be his son's godfather, it's natural that giuliano is hurt since he's the baby's uncle while Francesco is a random outsider but then idk if he would be a good godfather since we saw he was quite carefree. He was literally late for piero's christening and we also didn't see him bother to come to see the baby while we saw both bianca and Francesco on screen with the baby after the christening. So i doubt if he was choosen to be the godfather would he be a responsible one? Given how carefree he was i doubt if situation was reversed, he would have raised piero as responsibly and affectionately as lorenzo has raised guilio. But then he actually in a way sacrificed his life for lorenzo so maybe he would be worthy if given a chance but i am not sure. What do you think?

Sorry this took me so long to answer lol, I had a lot of thoughts about this and had to make sure not to go off on a tangent lol

Okay, so yes, in ep 5 of season 2, its implied that Giuliano is hurt, and feeling left out, although I don't think it is specifically about Francesco being Piero's godfather and not him. I think that is probably a part of it, but I think it is more, that Lorenzo brought Francesco into the Medici family and wanted to work closely with him and the Pazzi bank to ensure everyone got along, and I imagine that kinda of made Giuliano feel left out, Lorenzo can also be an idjit and probably treated Francesco more like a brother than a working partner, and didn't work very hard to keep Giuliano in the fold, but I don't think that small fall out between Giuliano and Lorenzo was completely Lorenzo's fault. Giuliano probably felt left out and went off to sulk and pulled away instead of trying to fix things.

Nah, I don't think Giuliano would have been a responsible Godfather, he was the younger son, and liked to enjoy himself and indulge, but he was never ready to be in charge of a child. Francesco on the other hand, wanted kids, and I think if things had gone differently Francesco would have been very involved in Piero's life. He would have taken the role of godfather seriously, whereas Giuliano might have just seen it as a title since he is Piero's uncle.

I also think Lorenzo wanted the making of Francesco, Piero's Godfather to be something to make Francesco feel more like family, and I don't think he did it to snub Giuliano. At this point in the series, Guliano had pulled away and wasn't really present.

I think if something had happened to Lorenzo and Clarice and Giuliano was left with Piero, Giuliano would rise to the occasion. Neither of the Medici sons is one to shrink from duties or responsibility. So Giuliano would have had some growing up to do and learning, but he would have raised Piero as his own like Lorenzo did for Giulo.

I also think, maybe on some level Lorenzo knew that Giuliano was younger, he wanted his freedom, he is the younger brother. Francesco is the older brother, he practically already was a father to Gugielmo, so yeah Francesco might have been a more obvious choice in that area.

But I don't think Lorenzo's choice to make Francesco godfather was supposed to snub Giuliano. It was to bring the families closer together, especially since Jacopo was a wild card, and I think Lorenzo genuinely wanted Francesco to be a part of their family. Francesco never had a core family growing up and I think Lorenzo knew that. And like I said, at this point Giuliano had pulled away so maybe there was some distance between the brothers and they were both going about that the wrong way. The Medici brothers are pretty but at times they can be pretty dumb lol

Hope that answered your question! Thanks for the ask! 🙂 🩶

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LONDON, ENGLAND: Bradley James & Rupert Young attend the "David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived" UK Premiere at 8 Northumberland Avenue on November 16, 2023 in London, England. (Footage by Mark Case/Getty Images)

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MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE (2016–2019) 2.02 Standing Alone

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La Venere di Botticelli e l’uomo che la amò, Giuliano de Medici, furono entrambi vittime di un terribile destino.

Giuliano era il fratello minore di Lorenzo il Magnifico. Colto, intelligente, amante delle lettere e delle belle arti, era ammirato dalle donne per la sua bellezza e amato dal popolo per la sua generosità. Fu durante una giostra che incontrò o meglio rimase folgorato da Simonetta Vespucci.

Simonetta era talmente bella che fu soprannominata la “Senza Paragoni”. Botticelli la dipinse in moltissimi ritratti, ossessionato, rapito dall’incantevole bellezza della ragazza. L'esistenza di Simonetta, purtroppo, fu una vera e propria meteora: l’anno dopo il suo incontro con Giuliano morì di tisi a soli 23 anni. Alla sua morte si racconta che Giuliano sprofondò nella disperazione, scrisse dei versi per ricordare la donna da lui amata e chiese ai suoi amici di fare altrettanto. Inconsolabile nel suo dolore si recò a casa del suocero di Simonetta per chiedere di averne il ritratto.

Non ebbe però il tempo per sopravvivere al dolore della scomparsa di Simonetta. Una congiura ordita dalla famiglia dei Pazzi, ricchi banchieri fiorentini che odiavano i Medici e il potere che esercitavano su Firenze, mise fine alla sua vita. Nella chiesa di Santa Maria del Fiore, durante la celebrazione della messa, Bandini e Francesco Pazzi estrassero i pugnali e si avventarono su Giuliano colpendolo ripetutamente finché il giovane non cadde stremato nella pozza del suo stesso sangue, un omicidio che per brutalità ricorda quello inflitto a Giulio Cesare. Lorenzo invece riuscì a scappare rifugiandosi nella Sagrestia.

Dopo i funerali del fratello, dove si racconta che l’intera città ne pianse la morte, Lorenzo mise in atto la sua vendetta. Poche ore dopo il corpo di Jacopo de Pazzi pendeva da Palazzo Vecchio. I congiurati furono catturati, linciati e impiccati e i loro corpi gettati nell’Arno. Per una strana ironia del destino Giuliano morì nello stesso giorno in cui, due anni prima, si era spenta la sua adorata Simonetta.

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Bradley James in different scenes of “Medici: Masters of Florence”

[thetudorslovers]

"The mother of Pope Clement VII remains an enigmatic figure. Pieraccini cites a record of the Pazzi conspriacy by Antonio da San Gallo in which he wrote that Giuliano had a son, aged one, by the time he was killed in the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478. The mother was ' a woman of the Gorini, his friend. The said Lorenzo went to see him and then gave him to the care of the same Antonio, where he stayed until his seventh year. The said son had the name of Giulio and was born on the 6th March 1478. Seraccini is cited as stating that she was Fioretta di Antonio di Michele di Iacopo del Ciptadino corazzaio. Pieraccini however states that the mother's name was certainly 'Fioretta', but that all else is unknown.

An unpleasant paragraph then follows outlining the importance of knowing who the mother was, owing: ' on the laws of hereditary biology, the knowledge of whether Fioretta was daughter of nobles or plebs must be important, for example, to recognise the inheritance of particular refined talents or dispositions, presumably more developed in the Florentine upper classes than in the lower ones.'  Giulio had himself declared legitimate during Giovanni's cardinalate, saying that his mother had been secretly married to Giuliano. The eighteenth-century Jesuit antiquarian, Giuseppe Richa, in an attempt to ensure the Medici pope's legitimacy to the throne of S. Peter, repeated this claim of a secret marriage. Hibbert follows the Gorini reference, and identifies her as Fioretta Gorini. 'This boy, whose mother soon afterwards died, was adopted by Lorenzo'.  Young identifies her as Antonia Gorini." - Women on the margins: the beloved and the mistress in Renaissance Florence

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Lorezno season 2: We can find a peaceful solution

Lorenzo season 3: Fuck around and Find out

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REPOST Bradley James, IG/FB: For over a decade, friends & family have known how much of an honour I consider participating in Davey Holmes’s annual Harry Potter Cricket Cup, which raises money for the @rnohnhs

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‘The Boy Who Lived’

The story behind Daniel Radcliffe’s stuntman for Harry Potter - Davey Holmes.

An incredible documentary about an incredible man.

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Francesco and Clarice were friends and you can't change my mind

Clarice helping with Francesco's marriage

Francesco being Piero's godfather

Francesco shutting down ANY violence towards Clarice

They were friends.

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Lorenzo & Giuiliano | Medici The Magnificent

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arthur pendragon // giuliano de’ medici