Tag: Della Torre

• 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

• 093 – A change of scenery for the papacy and an anachronistic emperor

  The papacy, under Clement V heads off for its long exile to Avignone and then Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII tries to move back the clock on the Italian scene.

  A History of Italy

  July 18, 2020

  Anangni, Avignone, Benedict XI, Brescia, Clement V, Dante Alighieri, Della Scala, Della Torre, Florence, France, Francesco Petrarca, Gonzaga, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Iron Crown, Malatesta, Mantua, Milan, Philipp IV, Podcast, Polenta, Rome, Visconti

• 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