This Italian writer's major works were a vain attempt to win back favor of the Medicis
... at arms 
of Italy; Niccol Machiavelli would write that he did so "not by way of favour, ... 
Piero sent Lorenzo on many important diplomatic missions when he was still a 
youth... [DOC] [TLE] The Medicis: money, myth and mystery | Art and design | The Guardian [PAR] Aug 10, 2011 ... Jonathan Jones: They were a family of Florence bankers whose riches ... of 
imagination and intellect  began in Italy in the Renaissance.