The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Giorgio Vasari writes a book to define the Renaissance; Galileo pursues his scientific studies with the support of th...

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Giovanni de' Medici becomes Pope Leo X in 1513 and begins to sell indulgences to restore papal funds; Martin Luther p...

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Lorenzo de' Medici becomes a driving force of the Renaissance; monk Savonarola promotes fundamentalist purification o...

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Wealthy Florentine banker Cosimo de' Medici's search of Europe for relics of antiquity sparks classical learning and ...

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Lorenzo de' Medici becomes a driving force of the Renaissance; monk Savonarola promotes fundamentalist purification o...

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Giovanni de' Medici becomes Pope Leo X in 1513 and begins to sell indulgences to restore papal funds; Martin Luther p...

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Giorgio Vasari writes a book to define the Renaissance; Galileo pursues his scientific studies with the support of th...

http://www.pbs.org/empires/ - Wealthy Florentine banker Cosimo de' Medici's search of Europe for relics of antiquity sparks classical learning and ...