Notes 10/22/10

• In Northern Italy, there was feuding between the Holy Roman Empire and the Vatican
• Many larger city-states annexed their smaller neighbors (to swallow up and make part of themselves)
• Florence annexed Pisa
• Milan was annexing many towns around them
• Almost constant battle throughout central Italy
• Siege warfare was popular (surround the town and starve them out)
• Genoa was very powerful at sea
• Genoa beat Pisa, but Venice becomes the main navel power
• 1454- Florence, Milan, and Venice were the major powers of Italy
• Signed the Treaty of Lodi 
• Lorenzo Medici
• Not as diplomatic as Cosimo
• Pazzi were the 2nd richest family in Florence
• They were older and had more noble lineage
• Lorenzo kept the Pazzi out of political office
• The Pazzi wanted to eliminate the Medici, especially Lorenzo
• The Church owed the Medici a lot of monet, so they were with the Pazzi
• 1478, Easter Day- both of the Medici brothers were in the Cathedral, so they attacked during Mass
• Giuliano was killed
• Lorenzo was injured, but showed himself to the crowd to get support
• Supporters of the Medici killed the people conspiring against them
• The Pope ordered troops to wipe out the Medici
• Lorenzo traveled for 3 months
• A deal is struck between Lorenzo and his enemies
• The enemy troops were called off with charm, political skill, and bribes
• Lorenzo adopted the illegitimate son of his brother as an heir and made a law that said all legislation had to go through him
• Michelangelo
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