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Definition of Cosimo de Medici
1. Noun. Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464).
Generic synonyms: Financier, Moneyman, National Leader, Solon, Statesman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosimo De Medici
Literary usage of Cosimo de Medici
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Emperor Charles V by Edward Armstrong (1902)
"... Imprudent. conduct of Diego de Mendoza—Troubles at Siena—Policy of Cosimo de'
Medici—Disgrace of Mendoza and Ferrante Gonzaga—Revolt of Siena aided by ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"Then he informed me that Cosimo de' Medici, the son of Signor Giovanni, was made
Duke ; but that certain conditions had been imposed at his election, ..."
3. The Tuscan Republics (Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Lucca) with Genoa by Bella Duffy (1892)
"Within the walls of Florence meanwhile intrigues were seething and events rapidly
concentrating to the point at which Cosimo de' Medici, without sovereign ..."
4. The Renaissance: The Revival of Learning and Art in the Fourteenth and by Philip Schaff (1891)
"Among the princely patrons of the new learning, Cosimo de' Medici, of
Florence (1389-1464), occupies the first rank.1 He was the richest banker of the ..."
5. Catherine Sforza by Pier Desiderio Pasolini, Paul Sylvester (1898)
"... from Catherine's children, by blackening their mother's memory COSIMO DE'
MEDICI, SON OF GIOVANNI. from stating in a memorial that she had " erected the ..."