The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

  • Premiered: Feb 2004
  • Episodes: 4
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Unknown
  • Documentary History

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Season 1
1x1
The Birth of a Dynasty
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 11, 2004
Wealthy Florentine banker Cosimo de' Medici's search of Europe for relics of antiquity sparks classical learning and inventive thinking.
1x2
The Magnificent Medici
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 11, 2004
Lorenzo de' Medici becomes a driving force of the Renaissance; monk Savonarola promotes fundamentalist purification of Florence after the death of Lorenzo de' Medici.
1x3
Medici Popes
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 18, 2004
Giovanni de' Medici becomes Pope Leo X in 1513 and begins to sell indulgences to restore papal funds; Martin Luther protests the selling of indulgences.
1x4 Show finale
Power vs. Truth
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 18, 2004
Giorgio Vasari writes a book to define the Renaissance; Galileo pursues his scientific studies with the support of the Medici family.

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