Tag: Crusade

• 135 – Savoy – different coloured counts and a murder mystery (1255 – 1391)

  We continue catching up with the house of Savoy picking up in 1255 and, after some zig-zagging succession, see the “colourful” green count Amedeo VI and then try to discover what really happened to his son, Amedeo VII the Red count, as the counts slowly continue to expand their lands and influence in France and…

  A History of Italy

  February 19, 2023

  Amedeo, Amedeo VI, Amedeo VII, Bona of Bornonne, Chambery, Crusade, France, Galeazzo Visconti, Odo of Grandson, Peter of Lompes, Piedmont, Savoy, VIII

• 072 – Frederick II takes the reigns and trouble starts

  1220 – 1231 After his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in 1220, Frederick II has to first consolidate the south, facing the Muslim rebellion and then deal with the insistence of the popes for a new Crusade, an issue he will find a completely unprecedented solution for.

  A History of Italy

  December 29, 2019

  Bthlehem, Constance of Siciliy, Constitutions of Melfi, Crusade, Frederick II, Gregory IX, Henry VI, Honorius III, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, Lucera, Melfi, Muslim, Nazareth, Palermo, Papal States, Podcast

• 069 – Venice part 06

  This is the last in our miniseries on Venice, taking us from the mid twelfth century back up to the notorious 4th Crusade, but not before we look at a 1997 attempt at Venetian independence using a WWII machine gun and a home-made tank called “Tanko”

  A History of Italy

  December 4, 2019

  Adriatic, Alexander III, Amalfi, Arengo, Constantinople, Crusade, Doge, Doge Michiel, Domenico Morosini, Dubrovnik, Enrico Dandolo, Frederick Barbarossa, Galata, Genoa, Norman, Pisa, Podcast, Ragusa, Riva degli schiavoni, Serenissima armata veneta, Serenissimi, Serenissimo governo veneto, tanko, Venice, Victor IV

• 068 – Venice part 05

  This episode takes us through Venice in the 12th century, overcoming issues with Normans, Hungarians and seeing trouble starts with the Eastern Roman Empire as well as more interest towards the rest of Italy. Also there is a doge with an odd name and some confusion with the bodies of dead Saints.

  A History of Italy

  November 27, 2019

  Arsenale, Crusade, Dalmatia, Dante Alighieri, Fano, Morosini, Norman, Ordelafo Falier, Padova, Pisa, Podcast, Ragusa, Saint Stephen, Sicily, Venice

• 043 – A crusading we will go

  1095 – 1099 We see how Urban II took the investiture controversy to a whole different level and scored major PR points for the papacy with the first crusade.

  A History of Italy

  February 3, 2019

  Boemond of Taranto, Clermont, Constantinople, Crusade, Godfrey of Boullion, Henry IV, Jerisalem, Matilda of Canossa, Podcast, Rome, Tancred Hauteville, Urban II