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Done. >> he bought his way into the papacy. >> his first order of business as pope alexander the sixth is surround himself with a net work of people he trusts. like many powerful men of the era and today, he places his children in the highest ranks of his counsel. >> he had some of his children marry important princes in other dominions. he made his one son a cardinal and gave him all kind of church income. >> theres a story of nepotism really. people thought how could this have take over the va...

Has come to associate with jesus christ is set to be modelled after his oldest son. but while he continues to collect bribes, an old rival hatches a plan to take him do. >>he man who will turn out to be his real nemesis. >> hes an angry aggressive man. in contrast to alexander the six nature. who is immensely charming. >> their rivalry dates back to when they were young cardinals. but when he wins the papacy in 1492, dell rove becomes obsessed with destroying his enemy. >> not surprisingly when ...

Apocalyptic prophecy preached by savonarola, the embodiment of death by excess at the hands of the catholic church. >> pope francis rapidly becoming known as the peoples pope. >> he takes the bus, as we reported here. he pays his own bills. >> pope francis is simply not interested in the power, wealth, influence aspect of the papacy at all. he gets up at 5:00, and he works till 10:00 p.m. so theres a kind of focus there was like that, the wld wld ybody be horrible. the renaissance popes did thin...

Associate with the modern church. >> he exemplifies everything about the papacy we deplore and admire. a corrupt papacy. hes great patron of the arts. he begins to employ the greatest artists in architects of the time. >> during his rule. the castle was restored. a center for the university of rome is built. and michael anglo has plans to rebuild. >> one has to live with the paradox. the product of sin. but they are not themselves sinful. they are wonderful in the world is better for them. >> he...

To built a dynasty. >> the hierarchy in the church is making sure that the papacy stays powerful. and we have global company operating. it needs a vast administration. >> the pope is the father almost the creator of modern diplomacy. he introduced the practice of stationing the pro toe typical ambassador at the city states to live there. and started doing it with the major north european capitols. >> and report back to the vatican. just weeks into his papacy, he has consolidated his power across...

There. >> the new world is discovered. and columbus is instructed to write letters to the pope. chatty travel logs about all the things hes seeing and the natives and what they look like and how fascinating ta are. filling in the pope in order to soften the pope toward the spanish perspective. the portuguese and spanish are spatting about who is going it own what. >> this got very ugly and tense. and it seemed likely to result in war. >> they turned to the papacy. to adjudicate. international bo...

Rovere pope and the papacy becomes stronger and more powerful than ever. >> hes a warrior pope who actually goes into battle leading his own soldiers wearing silver armor. that is to aggrandize himself to some extent, but its also part of a vision of a papacy that has to be underpinned by power. >> pope julius ii continues flaunting the power of the papacy until his death in 1513. by then another powerful italian family has been patiently plotting to take over the papal throne, and the young ban...

And reigning over one of the most depraved in vatican city. he contracts malaria and dies. >> its a rapid declean. a mosquito bites someone. and the entire 12 years collapses. its god. and within a year, the arch enemy has taken the papacy. >> just three months after his death. his arch rival becomes pope julius the ii. >> he was not chosen by a college of cardinals. that saw in him a holy man suited to be the leader of the universal church. he took the office which he had hungered for by the fo...

Things about the pope. he wanted the world to see him as the em bodiment of evil. and wanted him to be removed from the papacy. >> alex sander could have had him taken into custody. killed. he just laughed it off and never defended himself against it. >> february 7, 1497, he makes a spectacular display of the rebellion that the pope cannot ignore. >> he contrives this idea of a bonfire. to set fire to things that are not necessary. and luxuries. >> famously he gathered paintings, beautiful objec...

Loved the arts, theater, music, all that sort of thing. >> leo x and members of the medici dynasty represent t most glorious aspect of the papacy at the beginning of the 16th century and also its nemesis. they are the initiators of the alliance between the papacy and the arts and the corruption of western christianity altogether. >> leo x celebrates his election with a party in florence. part of the celebration includes a young boy painted in gold. in the middle of the festivities, the boy dies ...