ɪn wʌt ʃiː ɐknˈɑːlɪdʒd wʌz sˈʌmθɪŋ əvə mˈɪdlaɪf kɹˈaɪsɪs, hɜːɹ ˈoʊld pˈæʃən fɔːɹ hˈɪstɚɹi wʌz ɹˌiːɪɡnˈaɪɾᵻd, ænd ʃiː stˈɑːɹɾᵻd tə ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ ðɪ ˈɪmpækt ʌvðə ɹˈɛnəsˌɑːns ɔnðə sˈɪɾi ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z.
In what she acknowledged was something of a midlife crisis, her old passion for history was reignited, and she started to research the impact of the Renaissance on the city in the 1490s.