Cosimo De Medici Research Paper

Cosimo de Medici was a Renaissance banker in his family business (Cosimo de’ Medici). He was known as the greatest patron of his time who was motivated through ambition because of his family (Cosimo de’ Medici). A patron is a person who gives financial support or any other support for an organization, cause, activity, or a person. Medici increased his father’s trading and banking business and became one of the wealthiest man of his time (Cosimo de’ Medici). In 1434 he was recalled from exile and became the unofficial ruler of Florence, Italy until his death on August 1, 1464 (Cosimo de’ Medici). Cosimo de’ Medici rose to power in 1434, and brought great leadership back to Italy after the Dark Ages and Medieval times through his success in the banking industry and trade. Cosimo de’ Medici’s father, Giovanni de’ Medici, died in 1429 and that allows Cosimo to run the family business in the banking industry in Florence
Medici would help the less fortunate in town like peasants because they had so little and if more people like you as a leader than you will be more successful in gaining respect which is important at this time (Cosimo de’ Medici, The Gale group). Much of his patronage was for churches and monasteries, and in 1436 he initiated the rebuilding of the Dominican monastery of San Marco, whose sole patron he remained until his death (Cosimo de’ Medici). His trade was the “deposit” of Florence. Which means that Medici was the center of trade and people would rely on him (Cosimo de’ Medici, The Gale group). Cosimo de Medici knew that good fortune would come to him if he did good deeds. This demonstrates that Cosimo de Medici knew how to navigate through the Renaissance and successfully become the ruler of Florence in 1434 to succeed in trading and the banking industry (Cosimo de’