Talk:Lorenzo de' Medici

message: There seems no valid reason for the image to have been removed Nov. 14.  I think it should be restored. Hu 18:40, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC).
Since no comment has been made, I have reverted to include the image again.  Hu 19:41, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)
: Almost certainly just vandalism. Noel (talk) 00:06, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the text; in my innocence I had not at first realised that I was looking at vandalism. But I learn fast.--Anthony.bradbury 23:07, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture

message: Why does some idiot keep mucking about with this page? I have just corrected the latest idiocy. Anthony.bradbury 22:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: I have made a significant change to the part of the article relating to the Michelangelo chapel. I have been there many times. Anthony.bradbury 22:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tomb 

message: "The Prince" was written for the grandson of this Lorenzo.
--199.17.27.5 17:55, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Machiavelli 

message: I've just copy-edited the piece a little, but I'm confused by this statement:
The Florentines promptly excommunicated the Pope...
Without further explanation, that doesn't make sense to me, because it's popes who do the excommunicating. Perhaps another form of words would better describe what sanctions the Florentines enacted at this point, but I haven't the facts of the matter to hand. Anyone know exactly what this refers to?qp10qp 12:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Florence excommunicated the Pope?

message: the art that lorenzo needs to be added to this page because people need his famous art ,paintings,sculptures, and architecture..
(The above comment was originally added to the article itself by anonymous user 12.4.222.41.)
: Agree that the article could be expanded a little, but I think that it already gives some indication of what Lorenzo sponsored.  Could you explain what you'd like to see? —Ryan McDaniel 15:45, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Art additions? 

message: Is there any current research on his possible cause of death?  He was only 43, yet "died peacefully in his sleep." Antandrus  (talk) 19:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cause of death?

message: The article says that "as Lorenzo died, the tower of the church of Santa Reparata was allegedly struck by lightning".
How is that possible, considering the church of Santa Reparata didn't exist anymore, having been replaced - a long time before - by Santa Maria del Fiore?
Anyone?  
P.S. Oh sorry - I just realised he died at Careggi, not in Florence. 
So, is there a church of Santa Reparata near the villa in Careggi? (Because if there is, it should be clarified. If there isn't, then my original question still stands. ;))
 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.142.23.51 (talk) 00:30, August 28, 2007 (UTC) 
Despite the church of Santa Reparata being replaced by Santa Maria del Fiore, Florentines still often referred to Santa Maria del Fiore as Santa Reparata. It was one of the buildings many Quattrocento nicknames. Thus, the source does refer to the lightning striking Santa Maria de Fiore. Rtmisst (talk) 21:31, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  STRANGER THAN STRANGE... 

message: I have studied Lorenzo for thirty years and have never read anything about him being married twice. In this article it says he married Philippina of Savoy after the death of Clarice. I've politely challenged it by requesting a citation just in case new evidence has appeared, but really it should be deleted before it starts appearing all over the place.Poppismith (talk) 17:03, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lorenzo's two wives 

message: What could possibly be the meaning of this?: "This is roughly $40,000,000, not allowing for inflation or percentage of GDP."
What is being compared here?  The currencies never exchanged, and if this apparently random figure does not "allow for inflation," then $40,000,000 in what year's currency.  I think this figure will have to be removed.  Perhaps a more meaningful measure or metaphor can be used, or it could be directly converted to weight in gold (around 200 Kilograms of gold?). zadignose (talk) 04:30, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wealth 

message: Is The Prince an historical novel? I never knew that.Levalley (talk) 21:05, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh, ... I didn't know that either.  I removed it from the list.  Wonder how long that was there. Antandrus  (talk) 21:15, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical novels 

message: Does it matter if he's mentioned in The Simpsons or the game, Assassin's Creed?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.110.64 (talk) 20:46, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Lacking a reliable source it should stay out. Thank you for removing it. Antandrus (talk) 23:52, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: In Popular Culture

message: Sunday, April 26, 1478 is an impossible date for Easter. It can never fall later then April 25th. Easter 1478 should have been Sunday March 22nd. I know there was some uneasiness about the lunar tables drifting out of sync with reality by this time. It may have been more obvious this year because the full moon was really around March 18th and the tables said March 21st. The next full moon was around April 17th which by pure observation and ignoring the tables would make Easter April 19th. Is there a definitive source on April 26th being Easter? The church is very touchy about Easter and it seems odd they'd have moved it to April 26th for any reason. The concerns the church had about their lunar tables drifting away from reality eventually lead to the Gregorian calendar reformation. Skywayman (talk) 18:27, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Easter 1478

message: There was no "Platonic Academy" as posited by Della Torre in his famous, but now-outdated 1902 monograph Vita di Lorenzo il Magnifico: uomo, poeta, politico. The Platonic Academy has been the subject of much discussion over the past twenty years. It seems unlikely that Ficino ever taught in a school-like environment, but rather used the term “Academia” to describe his teaching methods. Neverthless, the Platonic Academy has become the emblematic for discussion groups among humanists concerned with philosophy and classical learning. See James Hankins, "Cosimo de’ Medici and the ‘Platonic Academy’, The Myth of the Platonic Academy of Florence, Lorenzo de’ Medici as a Patron of Philosophy, and The Invention of the Platonic Academy of Florence," in Humanism and Platonism in the Italian Renaissance, 2 vol., (Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2003-4) 2: 187-217, 219-72, 273-316, 351-95; Robert Black, “The philosopher and Renaissance culture,” in Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, ed. James Hankins (Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 2007), 21-23; Christopher S. Celenza, “The revival of Platonic philosophy,” in Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, ed. James Hankins (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007), 83.Hfeatherina (talk) 21:55, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Platonic Academy?

message: I cut this Lorenzo de' Medici died at the dawn of "The Age of Exploration"; Christopher Columbus would reach the "New World" only six months later. With his death, the center of the Italian Renaissance shifted from Florence to Rome, where it would remain for the next century and beyond.. The New World bit isn't particularly relevant and ignores that it took a substantial amount of time before the repercussions of that discovery were understood in Europe. The latter portion is improperly substantiated and, i think, just untrue. Yes, Rome become more of a fulcrum for the arts after Lorenzo's death, but i think that has much more to do with the patronage of the Pope Julius II and the Medici Popes Leo X and Clement VII.Hfeatherina (talk) 22:02, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  End of Florentine Renaissance? 

message: On this page it claims that, "Lorenzo, groomed for power, assumed a leading role in the state upon the death of his father in 1469", but on the Piero de Medici page it states that he died in 1470. Don't know which it right but I thought I would bring it up. RichTBiscuit (talk) 01:47, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Turns out it was 1469, I'll edit it on the other page. RichTBiscuit (talk) 01:59, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Father's Death 

message: In Florence at the time of Lorenzo's birth, New Year's Day was March 25th, NOT January 1st.  Technically he was born on 1 January 1448.  It needs an Old Style and New Style put in for date of birth.  My reference is the book Magnifico by Miles J. Unger. 2600:1700:A9B0:527F:39B7:493A:37A7:93F9 (talk) 07:19, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of birth