A History of Italy

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  • 145 – Fleeting youth, Lorenzo de Medici’s early years (1468 – 1471)

    Before the responsibility of government is handed over to him at his father’s death and before getting married the statesman, banker, lover of philosophy and poet Lorenzo De Medici takes a few last opportunities at carefree youth with a tournament and party that would never be forgot.

    A History of Italy

    February 20, 2023
    Diotisalvi, Donati, Florence, Giuliano De Medici, Lorenzo De Medici, Lucrezia Donati, Piero De, Rome, Sixtus IV
  • 144 – A sickly father, a magnificent mother amd balls (1464 – 1468)

    Piero De Medici takes over the shadow government of Florence at the death of his father, Cosimo, and with the help of his wife and son manages to hold the reigns, overcome a plot on his life and a war with a rather interesting character, Bartolomeo Colleoni.

    A History of Italy

    February 20, 2023
    Bartolomeo Colleoni, Cosimo de Medici, Lorenzo De Medici, Milan, Molinella, Naples, Piero De Medici, Pitti, Riccardina, Sforza, Venice
  • 143 Cosimus Medices Pater Patriae (1429 – 1464)

    We finally get into the Medici in style with the man who is considered the founder of the family’s great fortune and political dominance. We follow Cosimo de Medici as he slowly asserts his power over the Republic of Florence with careful internal and external political manoeuvring to form what some have called the “crypto-signoria”…

    A History of Italy

    February 20, 2023
    Albizzi, Cosimo de Medici, Donatello, Donatello Santi, Florence, Giuliano De Medici, Lorenzo De Medici, Medici bank, Michaeangelo, Michelangelo, Milan, Naples, Nicholas V, Pitti, Pope, Sforza, Signoria, Urbino, Uzzano
  • 142 – Pope-ing out of the Middle ages (1447 – 1492)

    We accompany the last set of popes of the middle ages, from Nicholas V to Innocent VIII as they take us along with the usual intrigue in the Italian peninsula with Naples,Florence, Milan and Venice as well as many others while the city of Rome takes the shape we would start to recognise today heading…

    A History of Italy

    February 20, 2023
    Ancona, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Borgia, Callixtus III, Eugene IV, Ferrara, Florence, Lorenzo De Medici, Malatesta, Michalanghelo, Ordelaffi, Perugino, Podcast, Rimini, Rome, Sistene chapel, Sixtus IV, St. Peter, Umbria
  • 141 – The popes are back in business (1417 – 1447)

    After the healing of the western schism in 1417, new pope Martin V must get his papal states under control which means dealing with a whole load of issue such as brigands, mercenary captains, pushy neighbours, unruly lords and a lack of cash. We then see how his successor, Eugene IV was able to muck…

    A History of Italy

    February 20, 2023
    Basel, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Braccio da Montone, Colonna, Cosimo de Medici, Eugene IV, Federico da Montefeltro, Felix V, Florence, Francesco Sforza, Martin V, Medici, Milan, Orsini, Perugia, Ravenna, Rome, Sforza, Urbino, Visconti
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