The Medici, Part I: Cosimo, The Man the City Went to Find

The Medici were not at the top of Florence. They had no noble blood, no military tradition, no name that opened doors. They had come from the Mugello valley like so many other families — and no one would have bet on them.

That was exactly what made them dangerous.

This is episode one of the Medici arc — the story of Cosimo, the man who learned that declared power creates enemies, and invisible power creates dependents.

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*Correction: at the end of the episode, the hook refers to our next character, Lorenzo, as a son, but as you will notice, he is actually Cosimo's grandson and the successor following his father Piero's brief time in power.