Tag: Adelaide

• 027 – Yet another Otto (III)

  983 – 1002 After the death of Otto II, we see how his young son was brought up to manhood under the regency of his mother Theophanu and his grandmother Adelaide of Italy and how he became an emperor with dreams of greatness, as well as how those dress clashed with reality

  A History of Italy

  August 19, 2018

  Adelaide, Boniface VII, Crescenzio II, Cresenzi, Germany, Gregorio Tuscolo, Gregory V, John XIV, John XV, John XVI, Marozia, Otto II, Otto III, Podcast, Ravenna, Rome, Soratte, Thophanu, Todi

• 023 – Here come the Ottonians

  932 – 955 We look at how Alberic II did after taking control of Rome from his mother Marozia and his stepfather Guido of Provence. Then we jave a look at the usual confusion in northern Italy before the descent of the Saxon king Otto I, while we wait for the unforgettable pope John Xii…

  A History of Italy

  July 13, 2018

  Adelaide, Alberic, Berengarius, Canossa, Italy, John XI, John Xii, Leo VIII, Otto I, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Pavia, Podcast, Rome