HIS243H1 Lecture : Renaissance Politics 1 of 2
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Liabilites taxed based on net worth for 1st time allowed for type of census who living how much making. Albizzi gain power = cosimo de medici arrested. Medici regain control & exile albizzi fam in & out of power until 1700"s when fam died out they probably shouldn"t have lasted, some were complete bone heads . 3 stages: republic (cosimo de medici) 1434 - 68, oligarchy (lorenzo de medici) 1469 - 92, duchy (duke cosimo i) 1537 - 74. Medici become very wealthy w/ papal bank. Have many connections w/in city, solidified this through business and marriage. Republic: power shared = magistracies (war, security, finance = 8-10 members, Shared power but never let have power for too long. Have committee to see who qualifies to be part of magistracy. > idea who can serve = scurtiny few thousand ppl > write names on strips of paper & put in bag (diff for each magistracy) they draw out names.
