Conspiracy, Death, and Executions
#TheNovel - The Mad Schemers - S1E1
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Florence, Sunday, April 26th, 1478 - The incense smoke, with its woody and resinous rich smell, coupled with that soft melody sung by the church’s choir, created a holy calm outside of the Duomo of Florence. Like any Sunday, the Messa Cantata had gathered all the devotees inside, making whoever didn’t participate feel lonely outside.
Like those three men who were approaching the Duomo's stairs, lonely but tied by one mission, they wore large overcoats and monk-like hoodies covering their faces—unusual if you saw the heat coming out of that sanpietrini, they walked straight to that entrance, with their heads rotating in any direction, like when you want to ensure no one is following.
“I see them.” One of them exclaimed as they opened the door with a care that you’d reserve for a delicate flower. The holy songs helped cover the creak of that old wooden door. Sometimes, luck is on your side. “You two walk up the main aisle; I slide to the right. I will be closer.” The taller man commanded. They all started to stroll, their hands under the overcoat as if to hold onto something. And when he was an inch from Giuliano, he grabbed his mouth from behind and inflicted three quick stabs in his back. Giuliano dropped instantly.
“This is my body,” the priest, with his hands pointing to the sky, was speaking to consecrate the body of Christ. Loud screams took his attention, and he turned. Giuliano, on the ground, immersed in a red bloody pool. His brother, Lorenzo, was escaping towards the sacristy. “The Pazzi’s! The Pazzi’s!” the priest screamed while all the devotees ran out. At that exact moment, one of the killers stopped the hunting abruptly. The assassins now had a name. So, taken by fear, they blended in that mass of running, confused souls and left the Duomo.
The incense now had a different metal smell. The choir stopped singing. The conspiracy had failed. Lorenzo was able to escape. His wound was not fatal—enough to survive, enough to plan for revenge.
And so the afternoon came.
Giuliano, 16, and Lorenzo, 20, de’ Medici were brutally attacked by two men of the Pazzi family during Sunday's Mass in the Duomo of Florence. The goal? To stop the hegemony of the De’ Medici family in Florence. The conspiracy was the result of tacit agreements between Pope Sixtus IV, the Kingdom of Naples, the Republic of Siena, the Duke of Urbino, and the Pazzi family–bankers in Florence, longstanding enemies of the de’ Medici.The failed assassination attempt did cost many lives and strengthened the de’ Medici’s power.
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