Tag: Asti
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134 – Piedmont and the rise of the house of Savoy
We catch the region of Piedmont up to the 13th century and then start to take a look at the rise of the house of Savoy, beginning with its founder Umberto Biancamano, he of the white hand (for some reason).
A History of Italy
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126 – Visconti family feud and a new duchy is born (1378 – 1395)
We see how the power-sharing solution for the government of Milan comes crashing down with power once again in the hands of a single man: Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who, after inheriting the holdings of his father and uncle, will create a Duchy that will last for centuries. meanwhile we also try and keep up with…
A History of Italy
Alberico da Barbiano, Antonio della Scala, Asti, Bernabò Visconti, Boniface IX, Canfrande II della Scala, Cansignorio della Scala, Clement VII, Da Carrara, Florence, Galeazzo Visconti, Gambacorta, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gubbio, Jacopo D'Appiano, Jacopo del Verme, John Hawkwood, Landau, Mantova, Milan, Monferrato, Montefeltro, Padova, Paolo Alboino della Scala, Pisa, Podcast, Pusterla, Regina della Scala, Savoy, Siena, Tuscany, Urban VI, Urbino, Venice, Vicenza -
114 – More Milan and popey come home (1345 – 1385)
The continuing consolidation of Milan under Bernabò and Galeazzo Visconti and the start of the Great Western Schism
A History of Italy
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059 – Barbarossa brings the heat
1158 – 1162 After the diet of Roncaglia, we follow Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa as he tries to deal with a papal schism between Victor IV and Alexander III and then goes on to deal with the communes, particularly the every obstinate Milan.
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