Tag: Charles of Anjou

• 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

• 092 – Boniface VIII peaks and crashes

  1298- 1303 Boniface VIII crushes the internal opposition of the Colonna, organises the first Jubilee, dabble in Italian politics including Florence and then clashes once again with Philipp IV of France, which seals his fate.

  A History of Italy

  June 26, 2020

  Black Guelph, Boniface VIII, Charles II, Charles of Anjou, Colonna, Dante Alighieri, Gospel, Jesus, Jubilee, Podcast, Rome, Saisset, Sciarra Colonna, St. Luke, St. Matthew, White Guelph

• 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

• 086 – Marco Polo part 1

  In this first episode on the 13th century explorer Marco Polo we look at some background on Venice at his time and his family as well as introducing the figure of the Great Khan Kublai.

  A History of Italy

  April 30, 2020

  Assasins, Charles of Anjou, Constantinople, Edward I, Fibonazzi, Genghis Khan, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Golden Horde, Gregory X, Hashishin, Innocent IV, Lorenzo Fibonacci, Maffio Polo, Marco Polo, Matteo Polo, Micael Paleologus, Mongol, Nicolò Polo, Podcast, Sudak, Tartars, Venice

• 085 – The war of the Sicilian Vespers gets confusing

  1285 – 1302 The War of the Italian Vespers gets quite confusing, but in the end finally leads to the Peace of Calbelotta in 1302 in which the island of Sicily is separated from the rest of the kingdom.

  A History of Italy

  April 17, 2020

  Boniface VIII, Celstine V, Charles II, Charles of Anjou, Frederick III, Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, Kingdom of Trinacria, Philip III, Philip IV, Podcast, Roger of Lauria