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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tucked away in the serene hills of the Italian countryside lies a once-glorious Renaissance palace, abandoned and untouched for decades. This estate, once the lavish home of a powerful tobacco ...

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 ...

The Sack of Rome in 1527 was one of the most traumatic events in the ancient city’s history, marking a brutal collapse of Renaissance ... of power. By the early 16th century Italy was a chaotic ...

VATICAN CITY — Recalling Jesus' birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those "ravenous" for wealth and power at the expense ... curfew imposed by the Italian government as a measure to combat ...