The Stibbert museum was originally the collection of Frederick Stibbert located inside his private residence in Montughi near the Florence country side. Stibbert used his large inheritance to peruse a passion for collecting‚ acquiring a variety of objects such as armor‚ swords and art from across the world including Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and Japan. Following his death in 1906‚ Stibbert bequeathed his house to the municipality of Florence where the collection was made open to the public for future
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History of Lorenzo De Zavala They are many heroes that we have to thank in American History for making our country what it is today. We are a country made of freedom and believe in personal rights. But all these rights did not come without fighting to keep our freedom. There were many battles fought and many battles won for this freedom. Texas in particular was a battlefield for Texas’ independence against Mexico. Lorenzo de Zavala was the Republic of Texas’ first vice president‚ when Texas had
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Bronzino in 1545. Historians debate whether the portrait illustrates her status and the fact she gave birth to many children. Yet‚ Eleanor brought important family connections from the Spanish which expanded the Medici power. She became a patron through her wealth while shaping the power of the Medici family. Eleanor did not go without criticism from the Florentines. The importance of this essay is to address the dislike the Florentines had against her‚ the role she played in politics‚
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Ptolemy introduces Geography. He assigned coordinates to all the places and geographic features he knew‚ in a grid that spanned the globe. Latitude was measured from the equator. (1406) John Wycliffe was an English Scholastic philosopher‚ and translator. His English version of the bible was published in 1408. The Bible he created‚ the first literal translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible into English‚ was more a work of his followers than him but tradition still tends to attribute it to Wycliffe
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expensive possessions. His Ermine lined fleur-des-lis robes are thrown over his shoulder to reveal his toned ballet legs‚ and his gold sword with a gem encrusted sheath. His right hand rests on a gold scepter‚ on top of a fleur-des-lis cushion that also holds a regal crown. Rigaud captured the King’s wealth and power by showcasing his expensive belongings. Another example of showing off wealth in paintings is Peter Paul Rubens’ “Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles” painted between 1622 and 1625
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this castle was purchased by Catherine de’ Medici in 1560‚ she forced Diane de Poitiers to exchange Chambourg with Chenonceau. Another castle is Chenonceau. Thomas Bohier built this castle. When Bohier died it was given to François I as money because of a dept he had with the king at the time. When Henri II got his turn to stay at the castle‚ he gave it to his mistress‚ Diane de Poitiers. She was forced out of the castle and was replaced by Catherine de’ Medici. The castle of Versailles is probably
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from the actions of King Henry VIII in England‚ Catholic Leaders in France came together to fight the threat of Protestantism. Most of the people in villages were slaughtered for seeking the “wrong” religion other than Catholic. Queen Catherine de Medici‚ a Roman Catholic was worried about preserving the rights of royal authority power through her three sons and family. As her son‚ Francis II‚ raised the persecution of the Huguenots as their plot unfolded in the Conspiracy of Ambroise. This plot
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In 1572 Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny supported a war that the French king‚ Charles IX‚ was going to approve. Fearing the Admiral was having an increasing amount of influence on her son and the dislike of him from the Catholics‚ Catherine de Médicis supported the Roman Catholic house of Guise plan to assassinate Coligny. This would then lead to St. Bartholomew’s Massacre that started August 24‚ 1572. Tensions had already been high in France since the early 16th century concerning religion
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The Medici Bank‚ Organization and Management Insights (interrelated) * The dependency of the organization and structure of a firm on the nature of its business. * Trading and Banking : “the foundation of the firm’s business rests on trade in which most of the capital is employed” * Merchant bankers (whose business interests were international in scope) Vs Local bankers * Global nature and size of business; number of banks around the world * Centralized vs Decentralized
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learn poetry‚ history and politics. That these should not be only learned for their own sake‚ but also to improve oneself. That to only do the necessary to go to heaven was not enough‚ they had to do their very best in their every day lives. Cosimo de´Medici along with supervisor Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola founded the Florentine Platonic Academy‚ which was actually not a formal school‚ but an informal gathering of Florentine humanist. There they worked to revive the works of Plato‚ an ancient
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