December 8, 2018
After the death of Clement V, Dante wrote to the Italian cardinals and urged them to hold out for an Italian pope who would return the […]
December 1, 2018
We want to go back and discuss the political situation in Italy in the 14th century. We mentioned in an earlier episode that in 1309, Pope […]
November 23, 2018
BTW – in 1421, Bruno was awarded the world’s first ever patent for invention. The patent describes Bruno as “a man of the most perspicacious intellect, industry […]
November 16, 2018
So what was the magic solution that Bruno brought to the Dome on August 7, 1420? How do you build a dome out of bricks, that […]