Ep. 47: Plague and War in the Early Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance Podcast - Een podcast door Lawrence Gianangeli - Dinsdagen

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Send us a textWhile the idea of an entirely joyous rise of Renaissance culture might sound apt for a period known for mesmerizing art and literature, history tells a different story, one of war, of plague, and of death. This episode discusses just a small amount of the social issues that contributed to the rise of Renaissance culture in Italy, from the multiple plagues that continued after the Black Death, to the banking crisis in Florence at the dawn of the Hundred Years' War, and Milanese m...

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