Renaissance+and+Reformation+Resume

 OBJECTIVE · To pursue a policy of maintaining both peace and a balance of power between the northern Italian states and of keeping the other major European states like France and the Holy Roman Empire's Habsburg rulers out of Italy.  EXPERIENCE ·  Many important diplomatic missions when still a youth. These included trips to Rome to meet with the pope and other important religious and political figures.   · Diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets.  ·  Personally traveled to    Naples to resolve the crisis of    power struggles among the Milanese ruling family.  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Maintained good relations with Sultan  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mehmed II  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">of the  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ottoman Empire. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">EDUCATION <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">T  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">utored by Gentile Becchi (Diplomat)  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">INTERESTS ·  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jousting  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hawking <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hunting <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Horse breeding <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Arts <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Politics  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Lorenzo de' Medici ** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">