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Who were the Medici and why was it so important to them to gain control of the papacy?

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The Medici family ruled the city of Florence throughout the Renaissance. They had a major influence on the growth of the Italian Renaissance through their patronage of the arts and humanism. The Medici family were wool merchants and bankers.

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