Tag: Castruccio Castracani

• 123 – The Tuscan scene and Florence rising (1302 – 1327)

  area. We see how things went with the Guelphs and Ghibellines inside and outside the region with all the “international” players while all the while the corporations make their way into the halls of power.

  A History of Italy

  October 26, 2021

  Agriturismo, Arezzo, Arnolfo da Cambio, Campaldino, Castruccio Castracani, Charles of Calabria, Cimabue, Dante Alighieri, Farinata degli Uberti, Florence, Ghibelline, Giotto, Guelph, INferno, Lucca, Montaperti, Montecatini, Montepulciano, Pisa, Podcast, Robert of Naples, Tuscany, Zappolino

• 106 – An imperial tour of Italy (1327-1329)

  We follow the descent into Italy of Holy Roman Emperor Luis IV to visit with the Visconti in Milan, the Dalla Scala in Verona, the Este of Ferrara, the Castracani in Lucca and the Gonzaga in Mantua. At the same time we see the struggle between emperor and pope and get a reminder fo the…

  A History of Italy

  January 5, 2021

  Azzone Visconti, Cangrande Della Scala, Castruccio Castracani, Colonna, Edward I, Ferrara, Lucca, Luigi Gonzaga, Luis IV, Mantua, Milan, Modena, Obizzo D'Este, Pisa, Podcast, Pope John XXII, Rome, Treviso, Venice, Verona

• 105 – The battle of the Bucket (1325)

  We take a look at the 1325 battle of Zappolino between Modena and her Ghibelline allies and Bologna and her Guelph ones and how, after one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Iyaian middle ages, the Modenese cam home with a bucket (and heaps of cash).

  A History of Italy

  December 22, 2020

  Azz Visconti, Bologna, Cangrande Della Scala, Castruccio Castracani, Malatestino Malatesta, Modena, Monteveglio, Obizzo D'Este, Panaro, Po, Podcast, Rinaldo D'Este, Zappolino