How to Get Ahead: At Renaissance Court
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
The three-part documentary continues as writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith explores Renaissance Florence under the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo Medici, whose fledgling court prized the finer things in life. Successful courtiers had to have brains as well as brawn, and some looked to theorists like Niccolo Machiavelli for underhand ways to get ahead, while enlightened polymaths turned their minds to the heavens - and to ice-cream
How to Get Ahead: At Renaissance Court airs on BBC Four HD at 2:35 AM, Thursday 21 November. (Subtitles, sign language.)
Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Stephen Smith
Presenter
Basil Comely
Executive Producer
Suniti Somaiya
Producer