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As a kid, I read of lot of written-for-children biographies, and one was a biography of Lorenzo d'Medici. Sadly, though, although I remember that I found it interesting, I don't recall the author or the title.The Medici family was wealthy and politically powerful in Florence, Italy in the late medieval and early modern era, especially from the early 1400s until the late 1600s. During that time, the Roman Catholic Church was the state church in all of the Italian city states, so all of the Medicis were at least nominal members. Also, like most high-class families, in each generation the parents often designated one of their younger sons for the priesthood, and used money and influence to get him into a cushy position in the church. Between 1513 and 1605, no less than four members of the family rose to the Papacy.
I don't ever recall reading anything about any member of the family having any connection with the medieval or early modern mystical tradition in the Catholicism of that day. From what I remember, the members of the family that I read about didn't strike me as having particularly mystical temperaments. (Bankers and politicians usually don't!) Sorry I can't be more helpful!
Thanks. If any titles come to mind, let me know
Yeah, I am sorry Nancy, but I would be just like you, doing google searches to see what I could find. The Medici family definitely had a hold on the papacy for a while, but I dont know that any were into any type of weird mysticism.
What do you mean by Mysticism?
You might try the catholic encyclopedia, which is now completely online. I bet there is a lot of reading there.
Can you recommend an interesting and clean, accurate historical fiction or historical book about the Medici family? Also, were they involved in the Catholic church, and did they have any doings with mysticism of any kind?