Tag: Cosimo de Medici

• 144 – A sickly father, a magnificent mother amd balls (1464 – 1468)

  Piero De Medici takes over the shadow government of Florence at the death of his father, Cosimo, and with the help of his wife and son manages to hold the reigns, overcome a plot on his life and a war with a rather interesting character, Bartolomeo Colleoni.

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Bartolomeo Colleoni, Cosimo de Medici, Lorenzo De Medici, Milan, Molinella, Naples, Piero De Medici, Pitti, Riccardina, Sforza, Venice

• 143 Cosimus Medices Pater Patriae (1429 – 1464)

  We finally get into the Medici in style with the man who is considered the founder of the family’s great fortune and political dominance. We follow Cosimo de Medici as he slowly asserts his power over the Republic of Florence with careful internal and external political manoeuvring to form what some have called the “crypto-signoria”…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Albizzi, Cosimo de Medici, Donatello, Donatello Santi, Florence, Giuliano De Medici, Lorenzo De Medici, Medici bank, Michaeangelo, Michelangelo, Milan, Naples, Nicholas V, Pitti, Pope, Sforza, Signoria, Urbino, Uzzano

• 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

• 132 – The end of the Visconti: how to lose a duchy (1410 – 1447)

  Filippo Maria Visconti, now sole Duke of Milan, has a bit of time to take a breather, before the chaos of the wars of Lombardy vs Venice and Florence, with special guest stars

  A History of Italy

  February 1, 2022

  Alberico da Barbiano, Alphonse of Spain, Bianca Maria Visconti, Braccio da Montone, Carlo Malatesta, Cosimo de Medici, Eugene IV, Florence, Forlì, Francesco Sforza, L'Aquila, Manfredi, Milan, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Naples, Ordelaffi, Pandolfo Malatesta, Podcast, Venice

• 130 – The father of the father of the nation: the rise of the Medici (1402 – 1428)

  We follow the life and times of Giovanni di Bicci De Medici, shrewd banker and able politician as he navigates the complicated waters of early 15th century Florentine politics as the republic prepares to kick of an age of unprecedented cultural renewal: the Renaissance

  A History of Italy

  January 13, 2022

  Albizzi, Brunelleschi, Cosimo de Medici, Donatello, Florence, Ghiberti, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Giovanni di Bicci, Masaccio, Medici, Milan, Piccarda Boeri, Podcast, Renaissance, Venice