Deep dive into the history of humanity! We talk about the idiosyncratic characters, weird ideas, and funky societies that make the past an endless source of inspiration and funny jokes.
my history is good. one episode = 3 credit class
ep. 4 The Rise and Fall (And Rise Again!) of the Medici Family (1400 - 1500 CE)
The Medici rose from an obscure clan of suckups to become the dominant family in Florence, pulling the strings and becoming secret dictators of the Banker’s Republic. Guile, cunning, a little bit of luck, and a lot of finance shenanigans. They were sponsors of the Renaissance, or so they claimed…
But not every heir is a winner. When the bank starts falling apart, the family will go down with it. Can the Republic be saved??
This is a long one, buckle up.
we cover:
Giovanni Di Bicci de’Medici
Cosimo the Elder
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Piero the Loser
AND Griolamo Savonarola’s Dominican radicalism.
notes:
De Re Uxoria
https://www.itergateway.org/sites/default/files/OV42extract.pdf (https://www.itergateway.org/sites/default/files/OV42extract.pdf)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_(politician) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barbaro_(politician))
The Family Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-family-medici-9781681776484-hardcover (http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-family-medici-9781681776484-hardcover)
17 Feb 2024
Ep. 3 The Guilds of Florence!
The Guilds are strong, but not equal. The merchants are bringing great wealth to the city, but not everyone benefits. The politics are glamorous, but not everyone takes part. The situation is ripe for an uprising.
This episode is so beefy.
1350-1390
17 Feb 2024
Ep. 2 The Rise of the City of Florence!
The city encounters problems stemming from its own ambition and a foreigner is invited to take temporary control, but he exacerbates a growing class divide, sparking uprisings, all under the shadow of the Pestilence. Meanwhile the bankers turn the crisis to their advantage.
1300-1350
17 Feb 2024
The History of Florence ep.1
Caught between the Pope and the Empire, Florence starts to take shape. The city goes through transformations as new constitutions and governing techniques are tried, developed, discarded, overthrown, retried. Welcome to the Flourishing Republic.
We're off baby!
19 Oct 2023
02 - Ira Allen
Ira Allen will have you wondering why he gets credit for anything at all. Businessmen trying to overthrow governments? What is this, modernity?
11 Oct 2023
01 - Ethan Allen
The story of Ethan Allen's life will have you asking: how does it take so long to write a bad book?
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