Medici Popes: Power over Piety

Not Just the Tudors

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Fueled by ambition and the desire to extend their influence, the House of Medici saw the papacy not only as a religious post but a political one. Four of the Medici dynasty rose to become Pope in the 16th century.

In our third episode on the House of Medici, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Professor Catherine Fletcher to talk in particular about Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII, the Medici who led the church during its most fractious period: the time of the Reformation.

Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, audio editor Ella Blaxill and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Professor Suzanne Ellipscombe, and welcome to not just the Tudors from History Hit,
0:07.0	the podcast in which we explore everything from Anne Berlin to the Aztecs,
0:11.0	from Holbine to the Huguenoes, from Shakespeare to Summarise.
0:17.0	Relieved by regular doses of murder, espionage, and witchcraft.
0:21.0	Not in other words, just the Tud tutors but most definitely also the tutors. The year is 1513. The Medici patrons of art and innovation, rulers of Florence and
0:39.6	founders of the Medici Bank have acceded to the highest possible position in Italy, the head of the Catholic
0:45.1	Church.
0:46.1	Filled with ambition and a desire to extend their influence the Medici, much like the
0:50.8	war just before them, see the pap see not only as a religious post but a political one,
0:55.8	a position which would come to be held by four members of the family over the next hundred years.
1:01.6	In this our third episode on the Florentine dynasty we investigate
1:05.8	two prominent members Giovanni de Medici better known as Pope Leo the 10th and Giulio de
1:12.1	Giulio de Giuliano dei, known as Pope Clement the 7th, who led the church during its most
1:17.2	fractious period, the time of the reformation.
1:21.1	Joining me is Catherine Fletcher, historian and professor of history at Manchester Metropolitan University,
1:28.0	whose work on the Italian Renaissance has brought startling new detail to bear on one of history's most remarkable
1:33.7	periods and shone a light on some of its lesser known stories. She's previously
1:38.1	joined me on this podcast before, notably to discuss the Black Prince of Florence, the spectacular life and treacherous world of Alessandro de Medici, her wonderful book.
1:47.0	Do go and have a listen to that if you missed it.
1:50.0	I'm Professor Suzanne Ellipscomb, and you are listening to not just the tutors from history hit.
1:57.5	Catherine welcome back. Thank you for having me. So I'm going to throw you a massive googly in the first question which is can you tell us about the role of the paper see in this period?
2:08.0	How very different is it to its role today?
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