EPISODE 100: Benvenuto Cellini (Part 2)
History on Fire
Daniele Bolelli
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2023
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
“Brother, this is the greatest sorrow and the greatest trial that could happen to me in the whole course of my life. But don’t despair; before you lose sight of him who did the mischief, you shall see yourself revenged by my hand.” — Benvenuto Cellini
“Folk too gathered round us, for it had become clear that our words meant swords and daggers.” — Benvenuto Cellini
Italian artists from the Renaissance often lived lives that would make artists-gangsters a la Biggie or Tupac blush. Born at a time and place when colorful individuals abounded, Benvenuto Cellini was the wildest of them all. He is remembered as one of the greatest artists of the era, and at the same time as a man of explosive passions, equally inclined to murder and disturbing sexual escapades. In this second episode: Cellini and his path to vengeance, summoning demons inside the Colosseum, the 48 Laws of Power at the court of the French King, escaping from prison, surviving poisonings, Perseus and Medusa, and much, much more. If you are looking for entertainment set in the Renaissance, you really can’t ask for anything better.
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| 0:00.0 | Whether you like history or not, if you care about bravery, wisdom, passion, larger than life characters and some of the most emotionally intense moments in human experience, you have come to the right place. |
| 0:12.0 | Danielle Ebolelli is a university history professor, writer, and martial artist, and he shall be your guide and a journey to the place where history and epic collide. |
| 0:30.0 | Let's go to the history of fire. |
| 0:52.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 100 of History on Fire. |
| 1:02.0 | I want to begin by thanking the incredible people who have been supporting my work at patreon.com. If you want to check it out, it's patreon.com for words-lash-history-on-fire. |
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| 2:02.0 | Every single month I produce a new mini episode exclusive for people on patreon. By now I've been at it for about a year there, so there's I think I'm coming up on my 12th episode and more coming out every month. |
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| 3:25.0 | Looks like there's a tour of Japan that I may be participating in next year in early 2024. |
| 3:33.0 | We're going to be exploring the history of Japan, particularly classic samurai history from around the gameplay war to the time of the attempted Mongol invasion. |
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