#42 The Rise Of The Medici (part 4)

In 1414, the future Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund (aka Ziggy Stardust) suggested to Mr Baldy (aka Baldassare Cossa aka Pope John XXIII) that he should get all of the active Popes – John XXIII, Gregory XII and Benedict XIII – together for a big party to work out the pope situation.  Baldy said…. sure, Okay, I’ve heard Cam & Ray say NEVER GO TO PARTIES, but I’m game as long as you promise my safety. Ziggy said…. I PROMISE. Someone else he promised would be safe was Jan Hus, the Czech theologian who is considered the first church reformer. Oh I’m sure it’ll all work out just FINE.

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Starting in Florence in the 14th century, a new era began to emerge in the West. People like Petrarch, who re-discovered Cicero’s lost letters, and the new humanists - who valued the study of classical antiquity - ushered in a rebirth, or as we know it today, a “renaissance" - in the study of the arts, the sciences, philosophy, and the theatre. They rediscovered what it meant to be human.