Tag: Crema

• 062 – The battle of Legnano

  1176 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and the Cities of the Lombard League gather their forces and clash at a small town outside of Milan, called Legnano. The battle would echo through the centuries to be remembered in Italian politics to this day.

  A History of Italy

  September 24, 2019

  Alberto da Giussano, Alessandria, Cairate, Como, Crema, Cremona, Enrico da Landriano, Frederick Barbarossa, Galvano Fiamma, Guido da Landriano, Legnano, Lombard League, Matteo Salvini, Milan, Olona, Pavia, Podcast, Rinaldo Beretta, Risorgimento, Ticino, Tortona, Verona

• 059 – Barbarossa brings the heat

  1158 – 1162 After the diet of Roncaglia, we follow Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa as he tries to deal with a papal schism between Victor IV and Alexander III and then goes on to deal with the communes, particularly the every obstinate Milan.

  A History of Italy

  August 14, 2019

  Alexander III, Asti, Bandinelli, Crema, Cremona, Frederick Barbarossa, Hadrian IV, Lodi, Milan, Monticelli, Novara, Pavia, Piedmont, Podcast, Rome, Siena, Vercelli, Victor IV