2. A Golden Age?

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Could it be that the Renaissance as we know it wasn't a renaissance at all? Could Donatello's David really be a political statement for the Medici? And what has Liverpool got to do with it? Historian and classicist Bettany Hughes continues her three-part journey through the beauty and the blood-letting of Renaissance Florence. Taking part: * Evelyn Welsh, Professor of Religious Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College * Professor Martello Frantoni, University of Tolerno * Quentin Skinner, Regus Professor of History, Cambridge * Paul Stathern, author of "Godfathers of the Renaissance." * Jerry Brotton, author of Rennaissance Bazaar Readings by Jonathan Keeble. Producer Philip Sellars First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.