Tag: Arengo
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152 – Duke Francesco Sforza and his sex-crazed son (1450 – 1568)
Shortly after becoming duke, Francesco Sforza has to deal with a war against Venice, but then the peace of Lodi and the Italic league allow him some time to consolidate his power and start building projects in Milan, as well as chase after women, ending his life with a total of 35 children, only 8…
A History of Italy
Arengo, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Bianca Maria Visconti, Bona of Savoy, Federico da Montefeltro, Ferdinand of Naples, Florence, Francesco Sforza, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Genoa, Italic league, Lorenzo De Medici, Lucrezia Landriani, Molinella, Peace of Lodi, Piacenza, Piccinini, Piero De Medici, Podcast, Riccardina, Savona, Tristano Sforza, Urbino, Venice -
069 – Venice part 06
This is the last in our miniseries on Venice, taking us from the mid twelfth century back up to the notorious 4th Crusade, but not before we look at a 1997 attempt at Venetian independence using a WWII machine gun and a home-made tank called “Tanko”
A History of Italy
Adriatic, Alexander III, Amalfi, Arengo, Constantinople, Crusade, Doge, Doge Michiel, Domenico Morosini, Dubrovnik, Enrico Dandolo, Frederick Barbarossa, Galata, Genoa, Norman, Pisa, Podcast, Ragusa, Riva degli schiavoni, Serenissima armata veneta, Serenissimi, Serenissimo governo veneto, tanko, Venice, Victor IV -
051 – Communes rising
We take a look at how a new form of local government, the Communes rose and gained their independence from the feudal powers that be,