Morning! Today we’ll look at our ongoing exchange with Prof. Fr. Barzaghi in Bologna, and the importance of recognizing the bigger shaping forces beyond humanity – something the early humanists likely made a mistake in dismissing, longer term.
We’ll also look at how Cacciaguida describes the “ancient”/old Florence from the early 11 hundreds, as a more peaceful, virtuous and happy culture – before the advent of enormous wealth and power in the rising merchant guilds, and moving it towards being a significant City-State power in Europe at the time. (Starts at 6:50.)
Enjoy!