Trudy Gold
Leo X and Clement VII: Medici Popes
Summary
The Medicis were famous for, among other things, having four popes come from their family line. Trudy Gold dives into the first two of the four, Leo X (1475–1521) and Clement VII (1478–1534), and explains how they got to this prestigious position.
Trudy Gold
Trudy Gold was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre and a founding member of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Throughout her career she taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities, and to adult groups and ran seminars on Holocaust education in the UK, Eastern Europe, and China. She also led Jewish educational tours all over the world. Trudy was the educational director of the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and “Holocaust Explained” and the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilization.
It’s got a lot to do with it because, just think, the fall of Constantinople, of Christian Constantinople, the knowledge of Greece and Rome, all the scholars coming into Italy. And, of course, it really gave another lift to the Renaissance.
Ooh, I’ll have to check that for you.
There were two Jewish popes. There were two popes of Jewish origin earlier.