Tag: Canossa

• 090 – Twilight of the Sardinian Judicates

  Before finally getting on to the 14th century, we see how the end of the 13th marked the beginning of the end of the Sardinian Judicates, before of course going back to look at what they actually were.

  A History of Italy

  June 11, 2020

  Barisone, Byzantine, Canossa, Constantinople, Gallura, Genoa, Gregory VII, Judicate, Liuprand, Logudoro, Massa, Pisa, Podcast, Saracens, Sardinia, Torres, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Visconti

• 039 – A sticky end and the humiliation of Canossa

  1076 – 1077 Godfrey the Hunchback meets a sticky end and the investiture controversy reaches a high point and slips towards war

  A History of Italy

  December 19, 2018

  Bianello, Canossa, Carpineti, Florence, Godfrey the hunchback, Gregory VII, Henry IV, Lucca, Mantua, Matilda of Canossa, Podcast, Rome, Rudolf of Swabia

• 034 – Another Henry, too many popes and naughtiness in the church

  1039-1046 We follow the descent of Henry III into Italy and see how he deals with the church as a reform takes route

  A History of Italy

  November 11, 2018

  Benedict IX, Canossa, Clement II, Conrad II, Guaimar, Henry III, Norman, Podcast, Rome

• 031 – A rebellion in the south, a lion in the north and how Henry II got on

  1009 – 1024 We take a look at a forgotten rebellion in the south of Italy headed by an apple tree, check in with the Canossa family to observe their growing power in the north and then see how Holy Roman emperor Henry II got on when he made his way across the Alps.

  A History of Italy

  October 9, 2018

  Bari, Boniface of Canossa, Byzantine, Canossa, Henry II, Lombard, Mantua, Melius of Bari, Normans, Podcast, Sicily, Troy, Vikings

• 023 – Here come the Ottonians

  932 – 955 We look at how Alberic II did after taking control of Rome from his mother Marozia and his stepfather Guido of Provence. Then we jave a look at the usual confusion in northern Italy before the descent of the Saxon king Otto I, while we wait for the unforgettable pope John Xii…

  A History of Italy

  July 13, 2018

  Adelaide, Alberic, Berengarius, Canossa, Italy, John XI, John Xii, Leo VIII, Otto I, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Pavia, Podcast, Rome