Tag: Benevento

• Recap 05 – From episode 077 to 100

  We go back over around 50 years from the death of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II to beyond 1300 to retrace the steps of the kingdom of Sicily, the war of the Sicilian Vespers, the northern communes and maritime republics as well as looking over at Sardinia and keeping an eye as always on the…

  A History of Italy

  November 10, 2020

  Arborea, Battle of Campaldino, Benevento, Boniface VIII, Calari, Charles II, Charles of Anjou, Commune, Conrad IV, Corradino, Curzola, Dante Alighieri, Della Torre, Ezzelino da Romano, Florence, Frederick II, Frederick III, Gallura, Genoa, Ghibelline, Guelph, Manfredi, Meloria, Milan, Naples, Papacy, Peter of Aragon, Pisa, Podcast, Podestà, Sardinia, Sicily, Signorie, Tagliacozzo, Torres, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Venice, Visconti

• 088 – Twilight of the communes

  Before saying goodbye to the 13th century, we take a quick tour of the peninsula to tie up some loose ends, such as the maritime, republics, Piedmont and the situation with the communes.

  A History of Italy

  May 16, 2020

  Alessandria, Arezzo, Benevento, Campaldino, Charles of Anjou, Correggio, Dante, Della Scala Da Camino, Della Torre, Este, Ferrara, Florence, Genoa, Ghibelline, Guelph, Milan, Monferrato, Parm, Piemont, Podcast, Ruggiero degli Ubaldi, Savoy, Taglicozzo, Treviso, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Verona, Visconti

• 080 – Frederick II’s boys and here come the French

  1250 – 1266 We take a look at what happened to the sons of Frederick II, Conrad, Henry and Manfredi. In the case of Manfredi we see his rise to influence over almost all of Italy before it all came crashing down with the invasion of Charles of Anjou.

  A History of Italy

  March 12, 2020

  Alexander iV, Benevento, Clement IV, Conrad IV, Florence, Frederick II, Genoa, Ghibelline, Guelph, Innocent IV, Lombardy, Lucera, Manfredi, Podcast, Rome, Siciliy, Siena, Tuscany, Urban IV, Venice

• 071 – Wonderboy rising: Freddie II

  1197 – 2020 We see the early life of Frederick I of Sicily, son of Constance of Sicily and Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI up to the point when he becomes Emperor Frederick II himself with great regret from the popes who had hoped to keep the crown of the empire and that of the…

  A History of Italy

  December 23, 2019

  Benevento, Bouvines, Constance of Siciliy, Frederick Barbarossa, Frederick II, Henry VI, Honorius III, King John, Muslim, Otto IV, Palermo, Philipp II, Podcast, Pope Innocent III, Rome, Sicily

• Crossover 1 part 1 – With “The History of the Papacy” on the Lombards

  In this first ever crossover episode, we talk to Steve Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast about the Lombards. This is part 1 of 2.

  A History of Italy

  August 27, 2019

  Acquileia, Alboin, Benevento, Cividale, Cleph, Franks, History of the papacy, Liutprand, Lombard, Podcast, Rothari, Spoleto, Steve Guerra, Verona