Thirteenth-Century Florence and Sienna (6:31)
Black Plague (Black Death) (3:18)
Catastrophe in Tuscany (3:37)
Religious Observance of Death (5:01)
Fanaticism and the Changing View of God (4:12)
Effects of Black Plague on the Arts (5:38)
Dawn of the Renaissance: Giotto and Musaccio (4:52)
Renaissance Tools for Modern Repairs (3:39)
Renaissance Legacies (3:01)
Dawn of the Renaissance (2:51)
First Light: Dawn of the Modern Western World (1:19)
Progression of Artistic Styles (2:36)
St. Francis' Early Life and Transformation (3:15)
St. Francis' Spirituality (3:31)
St. Francis: Influencing Art Forms (3:49)
St. Francis and the Stigmata (2:18)
St. Francis: A Pillar of the Catholic Church (3:01)
Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi: Birthplace of Naturalism (2:42)
Characteristics of Naturalism: An Influence on Renaissance Art (1:11)
Paintings of the St. Francis Legend (2:05)
St. Francis: Spirituality and Art (3:36)
Naturalism in Siena and Florence (2:46)
Buoninsegna's "Rucellai Madonna": Celebrating the Meeting of Divine and Earthly (3:37)
Pietro Lorenzetti: A Virtuoso of Naturalism (4:11)
Secular Art and Siena Naturalism (1:42)
St. Francis' Spiritual and Moral Legacy (2:37)
Italy's Financial Renaissance (2:32)
Archives of Siena, Italy (3:54)
Factors for Growing Trade and Finance (5:05)
Creation of a Banking System: Part 1 (5:56)
Creation of a Banking System: Part 2 (3:05)
Creation of a Banking System: Part 3 (2:13)
Usury: Merchants' Needs and Guilt (4:11)
Italy's Fourteenth Century Wealth (2:49)
Italy's Economic Boon (3:31)
Status for the Italian Merchant Class (3:22)
Early Italian Charitable Organizations (8:19)
Birth of Banking Lives on Today (3:08)
Dawn of the Renaissance: First Light of the Modern Western World (1:25)
Florence and Siena: Powerful Rivals (1:11)
Pattern of Medieval Cities (3:15)
Role of Church and City Cathedrals in the Middle Ages (3:26)
Siena Cathedral: Sculptures (4:08)
Siena Cathedral: Paintings (2:47)
Medieval Narrative Paintings (3:47)
Regulating Beauty in City Structures (3:03)
Siena's Piazza del Campo (0:55)
Siena's Government (4:40)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Frescos (4:54)
Legislating City Life in Siena (2:37)
Medieval Democratic Procedures (2:44)
Lorenzetti's "The Allegory of Good Government" (2:48)
Siena's Water System (4:31)