Tag: Borgia

• 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

• 4th anniversary episode

  We celebrate our 4th anniversary by announcing a new podcast: The K-Rock Chelsea Hotel; the 1 millionth global listen and a guest episode about 14th century Italy on The History of England podcast.

  A History of Italy

  January 4, 2022

  Anjoi, Borgia, Dante, David Crowther, Eleonora of Arborea, Emilia Romagna, Florence, Joanna of Naples, John Hawkwood, Machiavelli, Malatesta, Medici, Naples, Paolo and Francesca, Piedmont, Podcast, Rome Sicioly, Sardinia, Savoy, The History England, Venice, Visconti

• Crossover 2 part 2 – The fall of the Borgias

  This is the second and last part of a collaboration with Assassinations Podcast on the notorious Borgia family. First Niall Cooper focuses on Lucrezia Borgia and then I follow the downfall of the short-lived dynasty.

  A History of Italy

  October 15, 2019

  Alexander VI, Borgia, Cesare Borgia, Cesena, Duke of Bisceglie, Forlì, France, Giovanni Borgia, Giovanni Sforza, Goffredo Borgia, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lucrezia Borgia, Milan, Nicolò Macchiavelli, Podcast, Rome, Sforza, Tuscany, Venice, Vitellozzo Vitelli

• 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