Due to its status as the center of the Roman Empire, Italy became important during the Renaissance. In Italy, a great deal of wealth and power was centered on the Church, as well as much ...

In this absorbing follow-up to his beautiful Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonorola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City, Strathern chronicles the legendarily farsighted banking ...

In this accessible look behind the curtain, novelist and historian Strathern (The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance) lays out the history of the infamous Italian clan ...

In the meantime, Europe's nuclear renaissance is taking flight in an ever-growing list of countries. Nuclear power's got a new godfather (AP)Italy hopes to become the latest member of the club ...

When it comes to the Renaissance, few of us would immediately ... “Patrons wanted works of art to highlight their wealth and their power, but the beauty aspect allowed them to “purify ...

They sound like things you might see on a lifestyle influencer’s Instagram feed, but they are actually among the 14th- to 17th-century items shown in “Strong Women in Renaissance Italy,” an ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up CNN Travel’s Unlocking Italy newsletter ... a true Renaissance man. “Federico represents that ideal of the Renaissance prince who brings together the power of a ...