Tag: Arnaldo da Brescia

• 057 – Hadrian and Frederick’s troubles in Rome

  1154 – 1155 Hadrian IV tries to come to terms with the Roman commune and its moral leader, Arnaldo da Brescia, but the results are not quite as they expected

  A History of Italy

  July 30, 2019

  Arnaldo da Brescia, Capitoline Hill, Frederick Barbarossa, Hadrian IV, Leonine cCity, Manuel Komnenus, Podcast, Rome, Senate, Sicily, Spoleto, Tiber, William I

• 055 – A new Roman Republic and a kind-of crusade

  1143 – 1147 n the first half of the 12th century, with communes popping up like mushrooms, Rome wasn’t just gonna sit back and let them have all the fun. However, if there’s something about Rome, it’s that there is always a pope around.

  A History of Italy

  June 13, 2019

  Arnaldo da Brescia, Celestine II, Emperor Conrad, Eugene III, Giordano Pierleoni, Lucius II, Luis VII, Podcast, Rome, Tivoli