Tag: Florence

• Interview: Artemisia Gentileschi with Lori from “Her Half of History”

  We were lucky enough for Lori from the Her Half of History podcast to come and talk about the 17th century female Roman artist Artemisia Gentileschi. She overcame great trauma and injustice at a young age to become one of the most important and successful painters of her time and the centuries that followed. Check out Lorie’s site:

  A History of Italy

  May 28, 2023

  Artemisia Gentileschi, Baroque, Cosimo, Florence, Naples, Orazio Gentileschi, Podcast, Rome, Venice

• 152 – Duke Francesco Sforza and his sex-crazed son (1450 – 1568)

  Shortly after becoming duke, Francesco Sforza has to deal with a war against Venice, but then the peace of Lodi and the Italic league allow him some time to consolidate his power and start building projects in Milan, as well as chase after women, ending his life with a total of 35 children, only 8…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Arengo, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Bianca Maria Visconti, Bona of Savoy, Federico da Montefeltro, Ferdinand of Naples, Florence, Francesco Sforza, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Genoa, Italic league, Lorenzo De Medici, Lucrezia Landriani, Molinella, Peace of Lodi, Piacenza, Piccinini, Piero De Medici, Podcast, Riccardina, Savona, Tristano Sforza, Urbino, Venice

• 148 – Peak and twilight of the Magnificent (1478 – 1492)

  After the failed Pazzi conspiracy and its bloody vengeful aftermath, Lorenzo De Medici has to face war against pope Sixtus IV AND Naples AND Urbino. As if that wasn’t enough also plague and more plots. Then, would you believe it, another war, the salt war of Ferrara and once all that is over, a good…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Caterina Sforza, Este, Ferdinand of Naples, Ferrante of Naples, Ferrara, Florence, Gonzaga Mantua, Ludovico Sforza, Medici, Milan, Pazzi, Podcast, Sixtus IV, Venice

• 147 – The conpiracy of the crazies (1476 – 1478)

  Things heat up as the animosity between the Medici and pope Sixtus IV leads to one of the most infamous conspiracies in history: the Pazzi conspiracy, set up to kill Giuliano and Lorenzo De Medici and overthrow the Signoria, the government of Florence.

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Antonio Maffei da Volterra, Bernardo Bandini, Federico da Montefeltro, Florence, Francesco Pazzi, Giovan Battista di Montesecco, Girolamo Riario, Giuliano De Medici, Medici, Montesecco, Pazzi conspiracy, Podcast, Raffaele Ruario, Rome, Signoria, Sixtus IV, Stefano Bagnone

• 146 – Lorenzo vs Sixtus and America’s beautiful cousin (1471 – 1476)

  The rivalry between Lorenzo de Medici and pope Sixtus IV, Francesco della Rovere starts to heat up as they clash over lands and resources, reaching very dangerous levels. Meanwhile the Medici brothers find time for another great tournament and Giuliano finds love with the most beautiful woman in Florence, the “living Venus” Simonetta Vespucci, whose…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  America, Amerigo Vespucci, Federico da Montefeltro, Florence, Girolamo Riario, Giuliano De Medici, Lorenzo De Medici, Marco Vespucci, Milan, Naples, Pazzi, Pisa, Podcast, Siena, Simonetta Cattaneo, Simonetta Vespucci, Sixtus IV, Urbino, Volterra