The Renaissance

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🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Today on the podcast we're going to talk all about the Renaissance. We have all heard of it as a reawakening, a rebirth of European culture but what truly was it and why was it so important and are we going through our own renaissance now? I wanted to really get under the skin of the Renaissance and find out what exactly happened in Italy in the 15th and 16th century. Joining me to do just that is Mary Hollingsworth who has written a book called Princes of the Renaissance about the people who became the artistic patrons in that period.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, welcome to Dan's Note History. I'm Dan Snow. Today we're going to talk about
0:04.2	the Renaissance. You've heard of it. An awakening, a rebirth. Did it exist? What was it?
0:10.2	Why is everyone so excited about the Renaissance? Aren't we living through a Renaissance now?
0:13.4	Isn't that an explosion of learning, culture, art? Well, maybe not right now with COVID,
0:18.4	but generally in this kind of period in which we're living. So I kind of wanted to get
0:22.0	under the skin of a Renaissance. What exactly happened in the 15th and early 16th century
0:28.3	in Italy. And the person I wanted to talk to is Mary Hollingsworth, who's written a book called
0:32.9	Princes of the Renaissance, about the people that became the artistic patrons in that period.
0:37.8	It was a really fun chat. We jump around a lot, a lot of bringing in different periods and ideas
0:41.8	here. So I had a great time. I learned a lot. I hope you do too. If you want to come and listen
0:46.2	to people like Mary Hollingsworth, wonderful historians who are at the top of their game and can tell
0:51.4	us all about some of the most fascinating periods in history, please come along to our live tour.
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1:20.1	with no ads because some of you tell me you find the ads very annoying, which I apologize.
1:25.8	In the meantime, everyone here is Mary Hollingsworth.
1:33.8	Thank you so much. Come on the podcast. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me.
1:37.4	Who are the princess of the Renaissance? They are the people who are basically responsible for
1:43.0	the Renaissance and they are the people who commissioned all the buildings and all the art that we think of
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