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Born c.1255 • Florence • Italy
Died 1324 • Florence • Italy
Notable Works “Cronica delle cose occorrenti ne’ tempi suoi”
Guicciardini, Francesco
Francesco Guicciardini
Italian historian and statesman
Ippolito de' Medici
Ippolito de’ Medici
Italian cardinal
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Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici, duca di Urbino
Italian ruler
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Piero di Lorenzo de’ Medici
Italian ruler
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Sir John Hawkwood
Anglo-Italian mercenary
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Piero di Tommaso Soderini
Italian statesman
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Francesco Balducci Pegolotti
Italian author
Nardi, Jacopo
Jacopo Nardi
Italian statesman
Giuliano de' Medici, duc de Nemours
Giuliano de’ Medici, duc de Nemours
Italian ruler
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Corso Donati
Italian noble
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Piero di Cosimo de’ Medici
Italian ruler
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Francesco Ferruccio
Italian military leader
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Farinata degli Uberti
Italian noble
Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli by Santi di Tito shows Machiavelli in black and red robes, holding a document, against a plain background.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
Portrait painting by Fra Bartolomeo of Girolamo Savonarola in profile, wearing a dark hooded robe, set against a black background with a Latin inscription below.
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
Painted terracotta bust of Lorenzo de' Medici, attributed to 15th or 16th-century Florentine artists, showing a stern man in a red cap and draped garment.
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Italian statesman
Cosimo de' Medici
Cosimo de’ Medici
ruler of Florence [1389-1464]
Cosimo I
Cosimo I
duke of Florence and Tuscany [1519–1574]
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Alessandro
duke of Florence
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Francesco Sforza
duke of Milan [1401–1466]