Tag: Francesco Foscari
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156 – Venice tangles with the Turks and messes with Milan (1416 – 1454)
Venice, after trying to avoid it, goes to war with the Turks and at the Battle of Gallipoli a spectacular victory is won… but by who? Then, we see how Venice used an ex ,mercenary captain of Milan against his old employers, Carmagnola, but then, when the Serenissima started to suspect him, he met an unfortunate end. Finally we relive one of…
A History of Italy