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Renaissance
Below is a docudrama series about the Medici of Florence. The videos play a little too much into The Godfather theme and the idea of Italian mafia, but the information is still mostly viable and is an interesting drama about art history and Renaissance Politics.
Find the homepage from PBS here.
While Cosimo never served as a member of the Signoria his influence was great and became the de facto ruler of Florence much to the chagrin of rival families, such as the Albizzi and the Pazzi, who lost power and money y to the growing Medici and their banks. Cosimo's son Piero became the de facto leader after Cosimo's death. Cosimo Became known as Cosimo 'the Elder' and when he died was called the father of the fatherland.
In part 4, it is clear that the producers were running out of money. There are a number of repeated shots, and the last part skips time. They also do not seem to be consulting with historians as much in the last section because their portrayal of Galileo as a martyr for Science crawling to the feet of the religious leaders who wish to keep the world "in darkness" is something utterly dismissed by historians. Galileo was put on trial, but the idea of a "war" between Science and Christianity is a 19th century historical theory known as the Drapper and White Thesis and is not supported by any reputable historian today. But the 4th part of this docudrama deals with Cosimo I. He became the Grand Duke of Tuscany and built magnificent gardens and a luxurious palace in Florence. He established a bureaucracy and also patronized art and architecture including Vasari who was the first to use the term "rinacita" or "rebirth" to describe the movements that took place over the past centuries.
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Italian Renaissance
Below is a docudrama series about the Medici of Florence. The videos play a little too much into The Godfather theme and the idea of Italian mafia, but the information is still mostly viable and is an interesting drama about art history and Renaissance politics.
Find the homepage from PBS here.
While Cosimo never served as a member of the Signoria his influence was great and became the de facto ruler of Florence much to the chagrin of rival families, such as the Albizzi and the Pazzi, who lost power and money y to the growing Medici and their banks. Cosimo's son Piero became the de facto leader after Cosimo's death. Cosimo Became known as Cosimo 'the Elder' and when he died was called the father of the fatherland.
In part 4, it is clear that the producers were running out of money. There are a number of repeated shots, and the last part skips time. They also do not seem to be consulting with historians as much in the last section because their portrayal of Galileo as a martyr for Science crawling to the feet of the religious leaders who wish to keep the world "in darkness" is something utterly dismissed by historians. Galileo was put on trial, but the idea of a "war" between Science and Christianity is a 19th century historical theory known as the Drapper and White Thesis and is not supported by any reputable historian today. But the 4th part of this docudrama deals with Cosimo I. He became the Grand Duke of Tuscany and built magnificent gardens and a luxurious palace in Florence. He established a bureaucracy and also patronized art and architecture including Vasari who was the first to use the term "rinacita" or "rebirth" to describe the movements that took place over the past centuries.
Northern Renaissance
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