Why did patrons fund historic academics (e.g., Galileo)?

Those old patrons weren't stupid. They saw the potential in those academics and they exploit. For instance; Da Vinci gave the Medici a canal system that was better than anything ever created before. Michaelangelo created a masterpiece on the ceiling of the SistineChapel at the request of his patron. read more

Those old patrons weren't stupid. They saw the potential in those academics and they exploit. For instance; Da Vinci gave the Medici a canal system that was better than anything ever created before. Michaelangelo created a masterpiece on the ceiling of the SistineChapel at the request of his patron. read more

Vincenzo Galilei moved his family, including the ten-year old Galileo, from Pisa to Florence in the year of Cosimo's death. Cosimo's son, Francesco I (1541-1587) was an ineffectual ruler under whom Tuscany languished. read more