Charles VIII of France expelled the family and confiscated their property after he invaded Florence in 1494.

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In 1492, the Treaty of Etaples was signed between Charles VIII of France and Henry VII of England.

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And also shown are the events with which Lorenzo's magnificent era ended: Charles VIII's entry into Florence, Savonarola preaching against luxuries in a city that derived so much wealth from making them, and the fundamentalist friar's own execution in the very square in which the Bonfires of the Vanities had been held.

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