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POISON IN THE WELL – The Renaissance #238 (The Witches Part 2)
We're still talking about the Great Leper Scare of 1321 – where lepers, Jews, Muslims, and the devil himself are allegedly conspiring to poison the wells and topple…
Burn the Lepers – The Renaissance #237
We are taking a break from Michelangelo to talk about lepers, Jews and… WITCHES! Today we start with the 1321 leper panic in France, where thousands of people…
Ghosting the Pope – The Renaissance #236
On this episode, Michelangelo is done waiting around in Rome — he packs up and heads back to Florence, effectively ghosting the Pope before the Pope can ghost…
The Warrior Pope and the Marble Dreamer – The Renaissance #235
Michelangelo gets summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II — the baddest, most belligerent pope who ever lived — to build the greatest tomb the world has ever…