Tag: Bentivoglio

• 142 – Pope-ing out of the Middle ages (1447 – 1492)

  We accompany the last set of popes of the middle ages, from Nicholas V to Innocent VIII as they take us along with the usual intrigue in the Italian peninsula with Naples,Florence, Milan and Venice as well as many others while the city of Rome takes the shape we would start to recognise today heading…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Ancona, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Borgia, Callixtus III, Eugene IV, Ferrara, Florence, Lorenzo De Medici, Malatesta, Michalanghelo, Ordelaffi, Perugino, Podcast, Rimini, Rome, Sistene chapel, Sixtus IV, St. Peter, Umbria

• 141 – The popes are back in business (1417 – 1447)

  After the healing of the western schism in 1417, new pope Martin V must get his papal states under control which means dealing with a whole load of issue such as brigands, mercenary captains, pushy neighbours, unruly lords and a lack of cash. We then see how his successor, Eugene IV was able to muck…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Basel, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Braccio da Montone, Colonna, Cosimo de Medici, Eugene IV, Federico da Montefeltro, Felix V, Florence, Francesco Sforza, Martin V, Medici, Milan, Orsini, Perugia, Ravenna, Rome, Sforza, Urbino, Visconti

• Special: A load of baloney from Bologna part 2

  The second part of a two-part episode on the history of the city of Bologna. Her ewe cover the modern and contemporary eras of the regional capital of Emilia Romagna

  A History of Italy

  May 2, 2018

  Archiginnasio, Armistice, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Borgia, Charlemagne, Charles V, Charles VIII, Clement, Etruscan, Papal States, Petronius, Podcast, Resistance, Roman, University, Zanardi

• Special: A load of baloney from Bologna Part 1

  This is the first part of a two-part series on the history of the city of Bologna, from pre-history to the end of the Middle Ages.

  A History of Italy

  April 26, 2018

  Asinelli, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Estruscan, Garisenda, Giotto, Petronius, Po valley, Podcast, Pope, Roman, Visconti