The Renaissance Times

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113 Episodes

  1. #52 The Rise Of The Medici (part 14)

    Published: 10/05/2019

  2. #51 The Rise Of The Medici (part 13)

    Published: 02/05/2019

  3. #50 The Rise Of The Medici (part 12)

    Published: 26/04/2019

  4. #49 The Rise Of The Medici (part 11)

    Published: 11/04/2019

  5. #48 The Rise Of The Medici (part 10)

    Published: 03/04/2019

  6. #47 The Rise Of The Medici (part 9)

    Published: 29/03/2019

  7. #46 The Rise Of The Medici (part 8)

    Published: 15/03/2019

  8. #45 The Rise Of The Medici (part 7)

    Published: 07/03/2019

  9. #44 The Rise Of The Medici (part 6)

    Published: 01/03/2019

  10. #43 The Rise Of The Medici (part 5)

    Published: 14/02/2019

  11. #42 The Rise Of The Medici (part 4)

    Published: 07/02/2019

  12. #41 David & Goliath

    Published: 02/02/2019

  13. #40 The Rise Of The Medici (part 3)

    Published: 17/01/2019

  14. #39 The Rise Of The Medici (part 2)

    Published: 08/01/2019

  15. #38 The Rise Of The Medici (part 1)

    Published: 04/01/2019

  16. #37 The Avignon Popes – Part III

    Published: 13/12/2018

  17. #36 The Avignon Popes – Part II

    Published: 07/12/2018

  18. #35 The Avignon Popes – Part I

    Published: 30/11/2018

  19. #34 Brunelleschi & The Dome V

    Published: 22/11/2018

  20. #33 Brunelleschi & The Dome IV

    Published: 16/11/2018

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Starting in Florence in the 14th century, a new era began to emerge in the West. People like Petrarch, who re-discovered Cicero’s lost letters, and the new humanists - who valued the study of classical antiquity - ushered in a rebirth, or as we know it today, a “renaissance" - in the study of the arts, the sciences, philosophy, and the theatre. They rediscovered what it meant to be human.