
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
Documentary · History
Overview
From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power. They would also ignite the most important cultural and artistic revolution in Western history -- the European Renaissance. But the forces of change the Medici helped unleash would one day topple their ordered world.
Top Cast


Massimo Marinoni
Massimo Marinoni
Narrator
Massimo Marinoni
Narrator


Peter Guinness
Peter Guinness
Galileo
Peter Guinness
Galileo
Ian Bustard
Ian Bustard
Giovanni de'Medici
Ian Bustard
Giovanni de'Medici
Niccolo Cioni
Niccolo Cioni
Giulio de'Medici
Niccolo Cioni
Giulio de'Medici
Ben De Saumserez
Ben De Saumserez
Cosimo de'Medici
Ben De Saumserez
Cosimo de'Medici
James Innes-Smith
James Innes-Smith
Lorenzo de'Medici
James Innes-Smith
Lorenzo de'Medici
Federico Stefanelli
Federico Stefanelli
Ferdinando de'Medici
Federico Stefanelli
Ferdinando de'Medici


Pip Torrens
Pip Torrens
Cosimo de'Medici
Pip Torrens
Cosimo de'Medici
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