英语词汇medicean的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Medicean. Immensely wealthy Florentine banker Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici (1360–1429) founded Italy’s powerful Medici family. The Medicis ruled in Florence from the 15th to the 18th century, their influence felt throughout Italy, especially since the family produced three popes—Leo X, Leo XI, and Clement VII. Catherine de’ Medici became queen of France, as did Marie de’ Medici. A genealogical table of the Medici would yield a score of figures who greatly influenced their times, but this family did so much, both good and evil—ranging from pa- tronage of the arts to political poisonings and tortures—that their name came to mean a variety of things. Medicean, then, is simply “pertaining to the Medici,” its meaning depending on the way it is used, or to which Medici it refers.

词汇	medicean
词源	Medicean. Immensely wealthy Florentine banker Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici (1360–1429) founded Italy’s powerful Medici family. The Medicis ruled in Florence from the 15th to the 18th century, their influence felt throughout Italy, especially since the family produced three popes—Leo X, Leo XI, and Clement VII. Catherine de’ Medici became queen of France, as did Marie de’ Medici. A genealogical table of the Medici would yield a score of figures who greatly influenced their times, but this family did so much, both good and evil—ranging from pa- tronage of the arts to political poisonings and tortures—that their name came to mean a variety of things. Medicean, then, is simply “pertaining to the Medici,” its meaning depending on the way it is used, or to which Medici it refers.
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