198 - Cases of Conspiracy 14 - The Pazzi Conspiracy
It was Easter Sunday, 26th April 1478 and the people of Florence arrived at the Duomo to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus. However within the hustle and bustle and in the eyes of God a shocking and violent act was committed...
The Pazzi Conspiracy has been defined as one of the most significant assassination plots in history, an event which changed Florence and the Italian political landscape overnight.
In this new instalment of our Cases of Conspiracy series, we look back on that fateful day, discussing the causes of the event, its long impacts, the influence of the Italian Renaissance and the role of the Papacy!
Alison Morales-Aguilar, 'Spilled Blood on the Holy Day: Florence, the Medicis, and the Tragedy of the Pazzi Conspiracy', StMU Research Scholars, (Nov 2020)
Gene Gessert, 'The Pazzi Conspiracy (Sunday 26 April 1478)', The Annotated Prince http://annotatedprince.com/events/pazziConspiracy.html
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, trans. W.K. Marriott (Project Gutenberg EBook, February 2006)
Wu Mingren, 'The Pazzi Conspiracy: How A Florentine Family Failed And Was Banished', Ancient Origins, (Oct 2021)
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/pazzi-conspiracy-0016010
Lauro Martines, April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003)
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