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Lorenzo the Magnificent, followed his grandfather’s policies with regard to maintaining a balance of power in Italy. This led him and other Northern Italian leaders to negotiate the Treaty of Lodi that brought peace and stability to the North and Central Italy.<ref> Hibbert, p. 118</ref> The de Medici through their policies did much to bring peace and security to much of Italy and this was crucial for the Renaissance <ref>Miles J. Unger, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074325435X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=074325435X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ae832840e01fbaf68a8af9739f4806f4 Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de Medici]</i>, (London, Simon and Schuster 2008), p. 134</ref> It is no coincidence that the zenith of the Italian Renaissance when it produced the great works of Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael, corresponded to a relatively peaceful period in Northern Italy in the fifteen century. In this way, the de Medici helped to create an ideal environment for the great artists of the era to grow and create peerless works of art.

====The De Medici and the revival of Greek Learning====