After taking power, this man allowed a tax assessment system called the Catasto to die out; he alsostarted manipulating the borse so that his faction would be selected for public office. He was jailed for"[elevating] himself higher than others" by his opponents, the Albizzi family. This man persuaded PopeEugene IV to move the Council of Ferrara to his city, thereby attracting Byzantine wealth and learning.This father of Piero the Gouty served as a patron of the arts, commissioning Donatello's David andsupporting Brunelleschi's bid to design the Duomo. For 10 points, name this grandfather of Lorenzo theMagnificent and founding patriarch of the Medici.
After taking power, this man allowed a tax assessment system called the Catasto to die out; he alsostarted manipulating the borse so that his faction would be selected for public office. He was jailed for"[elevating] himself higher than others" by his opponents, the Albizzi family. This man persuaded PopeEugene IV to move the Council of Ferrara to his city, thereby attracting Byzantine wealth and learning.This father of Piero the Gouty served as a patron of the arts, commissioning Donatello's David andsupporting Brunelleschi's bid to design the Duomo. For 10 points, name this grandfather of Lorenzo theMagnificent and founding patriarch of the Medici.
After taking power, this man allowed a tax assessment system called the Catasto to die out; he alsostarted manipulating the borse so that his faction would be selected for public office.
Cosimo de Medici [or Cosimo the Elder; or Cosimo il Vecchio; do not accept or prompt on "Cosimo I"]