But behind the grandeur of carnival celebrations and jousts lies a deadly plot brewing. Rival banking families, a power-hungry pope, and ambitious schemers conspire to overthrow the Medici and seize ...

Pope Leo X (1513–1521): Waging war for family interests — Pope Leo X, a Medici, followed in Julius II’s footsteps in terms of military aggression. He sought to consolidate power by seizing ...

But Lorenzo de'Medici, wary of Pazzi ambition, kept his rivals out of government office during the 1470s. When a greedy nephew of Pope Sixtus IV approached the younger Pazzi with a plan to seize ...

Created by Justin Haythe, the series is based on Leonie Frieda’s 2004 nonfiction book Catherine de Medici: Renaissance ... who becomes Pope Alexander VI through corruption, ruling amid scandal ...

Julius’ uncle was Pope Sixtus IV, a man who shared his interest ... of Michelangelo), at the bequest of Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici, who would later become Pope Clement VII.

Michelangelo and Pope Julius II reconciled in Bologna (November ... 1515-1534 Spent these years working mostly for the Medici family in Florence. He designed and carved tombs for the family ...

With a passion for arguing and a sharp tongue to match his extraordinary genius, Michelangelo was both the enfant prodige and ...

Catherine de’ Medici, Cosimo’s fourth cousin once removed, is queen of France by marriage to Henri II, who is allied with the pope against Spain. More important, for our purposes, is that Queen ...

During the High Renaissance, Florence was an important center for the arts, fueled by the powerful Medici family of bankers, politicians and Vatican popes who served as patrons for many artists.

2011: A 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 80 miles east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills thousands of people and causes the second worst nuclear accident in history at the Fukushima ...

By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the World Today This moment feels like a new chapter in American history. People have ...