HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Marsilio Ficino, Pope Leo X, Fra Angelico
28 Mar 2020
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By the end of julius ii"s reign in 1513, then we have encountered a number of powerful papal families. There are the colonna, the piccolomini, the borgia and now the della rovere: an important family. There was one family that did not yet acquire the papacy. That was the medici, who in 1513 would finally seize control with leo x: a medici pope. Pope leo x reigned from 1513 to 1521. This was a fairly crucial era in the church given luther"s actions in 1517. Leo"s immediate concerns were put to rival families the borgia and della rovere in their place. He was the son of lorenzo the magnificent. He had been trained by the finest greek and humanist minds florence could afford, such as. His humanism can be glimpsed in his papacy through his goal of rebuilding saint peter"s basilica in the vatican. He also commissioned raphael to paint the papal apartments: raphael"s art.
