Tag: Colonna

• 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

• 121 Braccio da Montone, Lord of Perugia (1407 – 1417)

  Braccio’s fame increases as he wins victory after victory, in central Italy, against Naples and in his involvement in the Great Western Schism, all the while with his eye on Perugia.

  A History of Italy

  October 13, 2021

  Alberico da Barbiano, Andrea Fortebraccio, Battle of St Egidio, Braccio da Montone, Carlo Malatesta, Colonna, Giangaleazzo Visconti, John XXIII, Ladislaus I of Naples, Le Marche, Martin V, Montefeltro, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Naples, Paolo Orsiini, Perugia, Podcast, Rome, Umbria, Urbino

• 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

• 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

• 091 – Boniface VIII on the scene

  1295 – 1297 We go back to the abdication of pope Celestine V in 1295 and see the rise to power of one of the most controverstial popes in history, Boniface VIII in this first of two episodes on the man and his time.

  A History of Italy

  June 21, 2020

  Boniface VIII, Caetani, Celestine V, Charles II, Colonna, EdwaI, Jubilee, Philipp IV, Philipp the Fair, Podcast