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1478. On April 26, in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, the most dramatic episode of the Renaissance was staged: Bernardo Bandini, Francesco Pazzi and Antonio Maffei attacked Giuliano and Lorenzo de' Medici. The first dies, the second is injured. However, the crowd takes the side of the Magnificent and the conspiracy will end in a bloodbath and will result in a bitter conflict between the Italian states.
The story is told by Giovanni da Montesecco, the man of the "great refusal": charged with murdering the brothers, he shirks the task a few hours before the massacre.
His confession takes us directly into the heart of that era and sheds light on the thorniest issues of the Pazzi Conspiracy.
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08. The Balance of Power
Following his trip to Naples, Lorenzo de' Medici is welcomed by the Florentines as a hero. The dark years of the Florentine Republic have allowed the Medici to show off his resolve.Lorenzo de' Medici, also known as "the needle of the scales
07. Lorenzo "the Heretic"
In the years following the Pazzi Conspiracy, Florence will be the center of a war that threatens the balance of the entire Italy. Lorenzo de' Medici's Republic is under attack by order of the bloodthirsty Sixtus IV: "Lorenzo the heretic," i
06. Nine Days of Blood
The voice of Giovanni Battista di Montesecco has us relive the darkest hours of Medici Florence. When most of the conspirators have been found and punished, Montesecco, despite having refused the assignment to kill the Magnifico, still fear
5. The Other Side of the Coin
The New Athens: so is the Florence of the Medici, a hub for intellectuals, artists, poets and architects. Giovanni Battista da Montesecco, the man who decided to spare Lorenzo de' Medici's life, recounts his encounters with the Magnifico an
04. Family Matters
Thanks to the confession of the soldier Giovanni Battista di Montesecco, it is possible to trace the dynamics and diplomatic conflicts that acted as a precursor to the tragedy of April 26, 1478. The Medici family was often the center of pol
03. The Pope's Warrior
Who is the man who caused the failure of the conspiracy hatched by the Church and the Pazzi family against Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici? Giovanni Battista da Montesecco, this is his name: a soldier of the papal army, hired as the Magnifi
02. They Call him "The Magnificent"
After witnessing his brother Giuliano’s killing, Lorenzo de’ Medici sees Florence turn into a bloodbath. The conspirators’ corpses hang loose from the bastions of Palazzo Vecchio while the people cry out for revenge: they shout the Medici n
01. Murder in the Cathedral
April 26, 1478, Easter Sunday: in Florence, in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, during Mass, Giuliano de' Medici was brutally killed and his brother Lorenzo the Magnificent wounded. The Pazzi conspiracy has failed. But who are the in
