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Medici, Cosimo de'. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 - English
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1389–1464, Italian merchant prince, first of the Medici family to rule Florence. He is often called Cosimo the Elder. After the death of his father, Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, Cosimo and his family were banished (1433) from Florence by a faction headed by the powerful Albizzi family.

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THE MEDICI FAMILY - English
URL: http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/medici.html

The Medici were possibly the richest family in Italy. In the 13th Century the family began to gain wealth. At the end of the thirteenth century, the family's wealth increased when one of the members of the family served as gonfalero (bearer of a high ceremonial office).

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Cosimo I dй Medici - English
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Having ensured his throne, Cosimo re-established law and order within the State, promoting justice and protecting the weaker members of the community. He encouraged the growth of trade and industry, started to reclaim the swampy land of the Maremma, founded the Order of the Knights of St. Stephen to ward off the threat of the Barbary pirates and organized a Tuscan militia so as not to have to call in mercenary troops.

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IMSS - Multimedia Catalogue - Biography COSIMO I de' Medici - English
URL: http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/ecosim1.html

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Cosimo I was the son of Giovanni delle Bande Nere. He was created Duke of Florence in 1537, and Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1569. Under his rule the Botanical Gardens of both Pisa and Florence were founded. He was the author of cosmographical studies and gave to the monk Egnatio Danti the task of producing geographical maps of all (then) known territories. The collection of scientific wonders that was begun by him forms the original nucleus of the Medicean collection, now preserved on the first floor of the Museo.

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Медичи - Russian
URL: http://www.krugosvet.ru/articles/47/1004766/1004766a1.htm

Ранняя история семейства. Медичи – правители Флоренции.

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