The Medici family consistently involved themselves in government affairs , again slowly moving further and further up the totem pole of politics .
Giovanni Medici , along with his son Cosimo the Elder and grandson Piero the Gouty , rose in society from simple shopkeepers up to international bankers .
The Giovanni Medici family consistently involved themselves in government affairs , again slowly moving further and further up the totem pole of politics .
Giovanni Medici , along with his son Cosimo the Elder and grandson Piero the Gouty , rose in society from simple shopkeepers up to international bankers .