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Well, Italian polities had been in a chaotic goblin mode all throughout the Middle Ages at war with each other... way before the Renaissance.

Saying the Mona Lisa is “ugly”zzz
Wtaf. Nobody cares if art makes your peeper hard.

It's crazy that I knew some of this simply by playing Assassin's Creed lol.

gave that hygiene question a pretty wide berth

Belladonna being used to "brighten" eyes is mentioned in many books in the mid to late 1800s, like Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, and the Little Colonel series‼️

For the last one, I think the real question should be "Did they bathe often/clean themselves often?" Because there's a difference between bathing yourself for cleanliness vs spraying yourself with perfumes/scents to keep bad smells away.

This was fascinating. You can really see the passion Alexander has for the subject, awesome.

this guy is on an estrogen cycle

This guy is just lol

Please do come back with more history support!!
This was such a pleasant way to learn. I used to think i hated history but what I really hate it the way it had been taught in my school. Not even the teachers, I think they did a great job. But the structure was so... tedious and made me feel like i couldn't trust the info in my textbooks.

But this format is awesome. Interesting, full of great (and some rude) questions that get answered with great detail and passion. 10/10!

"Oh no, that's not a secret message, Leonardo was just super into femboys" is a delightful thing to learn.

I am actually surprised that he was allowed to be left handed. Even my parents saw kids' left hand tied behind their backs when they tried to write with their left hand.

For who doesn’t know in Italian is called rinascimento

Countless thanks for the explanation 😊 Renaissance and Middle Ages are my favorite periods. I've have just known that Leonardo often paints androgynous people, it's very interesting.

Alexander Bevilacqua, you are awesome!

He makes history so much fun

I am very pale-just right for renaissance era, haha.

fascinating!!!!

Why is this man not using his own accent instead of trying to use Italian and French? He would be more authentic.

after listening to this, I understand why colonizers felt the need to conquer, their food sounds TERRIBLE, just why did they have to bring diseases and colonial mentality, oh well, did food insecurity made them greedy? poor little white man

oh my god you can’t just comment on why someone’s talks like that

Martin Luther looks kinda like Christian Slater

Is it me or does he low-key sound like Moira Rose?

This was soo interesting...thank you so much!

Me if I were a historian: "Hold on. I know this. Wait. He was that guy who built that thing, right? That dome thing?"

❤

nice breadth of knowledge!!

The hard "t's" are getting to me...

I like the way this guy explains everything very clearly but I can’t stand his extremely gayish way of speaking

love this diva

Renaissance ✨

Why does he low-key speak like Stefon... "If you want to go the Renaissance fair, here's everything you need to know"

This info is fascinating and I thank this historian for answering questions. But his cadence of speech rly throws me off. Also anyone know what kind of accent he has?

Well that analysis sucked

Why can't moronican'ses pronounce Renaissance properly?

The real question is: what is your relationship with Dr. Janosz Poha?

I think you mean the renaissauce.

Leo-oh-NAH-doh :P

Woww sometimes I lose interest with history, but Alexander has my attention with everything he explains

When I went to see the Mona Lisa I was more surprised at its small size. In the Louvre it sits near paintings that take up whole walls. No you will not get close and it is also behind thick glass.

How slow was the person who just put together the connection between TMNT and Rennaisance artists?

Nearly perfect italian pronunciation! Considering the surname though there might be a headstart there 😊

Imagine blaming men and the patriarchy for makeup lmfao. Such horrible misinformation. At no time in history did men ever prefer women with makeup. This is strictly a woman preference and embodies feminism/matriarchy. Sad that historians like this dbag exist. Product of western collegiate inadequacy.

You’ve managed to make it way more boring

There are some errors here. Ancient China DID have movable type, not just block printing, generally credited to Bi Sheng in the mid 11th century (Northern Song Dynasty). And metal type was being used to print books in Korea over a century before Gutenberg. Now, Gutenberg DID make a name of important innovations on the technology--he used a novel metal alloy to create his type which could be produced and reused much more quickly, formulated a new type of ink that better adhered to metal--but he didn't event the concept of printing or movable type or movable metal type

I'm with the question asker: the Mona Lisa painting is ugly. The ones that his students created that have cropped up since look so much better.