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"Ascendancy" is both the subtitle of the first book in Matteo Strukul's bestselling Masters of Florence series and the title of the season one finale of the Medici TV series . Both follow the high-stakes rise of Cosimo de' Medici after the death of his father, Giovanni. 📚 The Book: Medici - Ascendancy

Many deaths in the show/book (like Giovanni or Lorenzo the Elder) are dramatized; in reality, most died of natural causes. Medici - Ascendancy ...

Starts in 1429 with the death of Giovanni de' Medici. "Ascendancy" is both the subtitle of the first

This episode (Season 1, Episode 8) concludes the first major chapter of the family's rise. Medici - Ascendancy ...

Cosimo secures his power by convincing the Signoria to exile the Albizzi family rather than execute them—though the mercenaries have other plans.