The Medici: The Family That Bought the Renaissance | Sleep Documentary

They began as wool merchants in a city of dyers and moneylenders. Within three generations they controlled the wealth of Europe, crowned two popes, married a queen of France, and paid for the Renaissance itself. This is the story of the Medici — told slowly, softly, and in full, so you can drift off somewhere along the way. A calm, feature-length sleep documentary about the family that turned banking into an empire: the counting houses of Florence, the quiet kingship of Cosimo, Brunelleschi's impossible dome, murder at High Mass, the bonfire of the vanities, and the last Medici, alone in a gallery full of masterpieces, giving it all away. Chapters 0:00 Prologue 2:24 The City of Gold 13:47 Giovanni's Bank 20:58 Cosimo: The Quiet King 31:00 The Art of Money 38:17 Buying Beauty 45:40 Lorenzo the Magnificent 56:37 The Pazzi Conspiracy 1:05:30 The Fall of the Bank 1:13:58 Popes and Queens 1:26:05 What Remains Made to fall asleep to — narrated at a slow, gentle pace. Low volume and a comfortable pillow recommended. Note: the visuals in this documentary are AI-assisted artistic reconstructions in the style of period paintings. The history itself is real and carefully researched. #sleepdocumentary #medici #renaissance