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3. What did the family that ruled Florence use their wealth for?
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The Medici family ruled Florence for the next 200 years until 1737. The Medici are most famous for their patronage of the arts. Patronage is where a wealthy person or family sponsors artists. They would pay artists commissions for major works of art.

The albigensian crusade was the fight by the catholic church against the moors to reclaim france from muslim control