The Medici: Lorenzo the Magnificent (TRIH ep 573, part 2)
1469 · Resource
This episode examines Lorenzo de' Medici's rise and the Pazzi Conspiracy. After outlining Lorenzo's family background, education and temperament—his love of the arts, sport and princely display—the hosts contrast his impulsive, spendthrift style with the calculating methods of his grandfather Cosimo and father Piero.
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Around 1469
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- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)