Lorenzo de medici made peace with kind ferrante

Answer 1

Lorenzo de Medici, "the Magnificent" (the "delightful tyrant' of Florence) played a central role in stabilizing the Italian peninsula. To avoid the possibility of a devastating war, Lorenzo de Medici employed risky and cunning personal diplomacy: he effectively made himself a hostage of King Ferrante (Ferdinand 1st) of Naples and persuaded him to create an alliance (1479) to counter the influence of the Pope..