<P> The republic had a checkered history of coups and counter-coups against various factions . The Medici faction gained governance of the city in 1434 , upon Cosimo de ' Medici 's counter-coup against the faction that had sent him into exile the previous year . The Medici kept control of Florence until 1494 . Giovanni de ' Medici ( later Pope Leo X ) re-conquered the republic in 1512 . </P>
<P> The republic had a checkered history of coups and counter-coups against various factions . The Medici faction gained governance of the city in 1434 , upon Cosimo de ' Medici 's counter-coup against the faction that had sent him into exile the previous year . The Medici kept control of Florence until 1494 . Giovanni de ' Medici ( later Pope Leo X ) re-conquered the republic in 1512 . </P>
who took over control of florence in the fifteenth century
who took over control of florence in the fifteenth century
Medici faction
Medici faction