佛罗伦萨，1429

Giovanni de Medici，由于二十年前与教皇教区签订的合同，使他的家庭银行变成了一个前所未有的经济力量。但是，乔万尼被神秘地杀害，他的儿子，科西莫和洛伦佐，被迫面对一系列的敌人绘图，从权力取消美第奇家族。首先是排队的Rinaldo Albizzi，贵族派系的领导，他不仅反对中产阶级的兴起，受到Medici的青睐，而且对Cosimos的城市视野，包括他的宏伟的艺术作品的赞助，建筑由诸如Donatello和Brunelleschi等伟大的艺术家。

也在Medici家庭保持和平不是一个容易的任务。洛伦佐和科西莫的气质几乎相反，科西莫与巴蒂的婚姻是一个政治联盟，但随后成熟为一个强大的伙伴关系将在他在威尼斯的流放时严重紧张。正是在那里，科西莫和马达莱纳，一个美丽的奴隶，成为他的女主人和他的非婚生子的母亲。

与此同时，谁杀了乔凡尼的奥秘继续潜伏在幕后，一个新的拱敌人出现在地平线上的对手银行家Pazzi的人。所有的时候，所作出的妥协的罪恶和为家庭的利益所做的罪恶严重依赖于Cosimos的灵魂。他必须决定他愿意去保护他对佛罗伦萨的愿景多远，我们现在知道为文艺复兴。

  Florence, 1429

  Giovanni de Medici, thanks to a contract stipulated with the Papacy twenty years before, has transformed his family bank into an unprecedented economic force. But then, Giovanni is mysteriously murdered, and his sons, Cosimo and Lorenzo, are forced to face a range of enemies plotting to oust the Medici from power. First in line is Rinaldo Albizzi, head of the faction of nobles, who stands opposed not only to the rise of the middle class, favored by the Medici, but also to Cosimos vision for the city, including his patronage of magnificent works of art and architecture by such great artists as Donatello and Brunelleschi.
  Also in the Medici family keeping the peace is not an easy task. Lorenzo and Cosimo are nearly opposite in temperament, and Cosimos marriage to Contessina de Bardi formed as a political alliance but then matured into a formidable partnership will be severely strained during his exile in Venice. It is there that Cosimo takes up with Maddalena, a beautiful slave who becomes his mistress and the mother of his illegitimate son.
  In the meantime, the mystery of who killed Giovanni continues to lurk behind the scenes, and a new arch-enemy appears on the horizon in the person of the rival banker Pazzi. All the while, the onerous guilt of the compromises made and the evil done for the good of the family weighs heavily on Cosimos soul. He must decide how far he is willing to go to preserve his vision of Florence a vision we now know as the Renaissance.