Talk:Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany
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[edit]- "He kept his court at Mantua, which he made a city to rival Medici Florence"
...or Las Vegas, Nevada. What does this kind of anachronism evoke? --Wetman 05:37, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- Ask the historian who used it. It is meant, I suspect, to help one's imagination in picturing a Mantua full of a good deal of ornamentation and artistry: Canossa had the first organ in recorded in Italy (c.975), but the decor of its church was melted down to help pay the pope's mercenaries during the Investiture Controversy. Medici Florence and Bonifacian Mantua could be rivals in terms of the grandeur of their collections of art and artisans. I'm fine with removing the statement, though. Srnec 03:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)