Which of the following factors was most significant in ending the Medici family’s domination of Florence?

a) Piero the Unfortunate brokered a deal with Charles VIII that the Florentines refused to accept.
b) Savonarola was excommunicated and executed as a heretic.
c) Ludovico Sforza was defeated by the French.
d) Lorenzo de’ Medici died.


Answer: a

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