Tag: Frederick Barbarossa
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103 – Catching up with Genoa (up to 1310’s)
It’s about time we stop ignoring poor old Genoa up in the top left-hand corner of the country and bring her up-to-date. We take a really quick race from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to Genoa in the 14th century: it’s battles against Saracens, Pisans and Venitians as it fights to assert itself…
A History of Italy
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Recap 04: Episodes 051 – 076 from the Concordat of Worms to the death of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
We stop for our usual recap to look back over episodes 051 to 076 going from the Concordat of Worms in 1122 to the death of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, with a look at the rise of the Commune city states and the maritime republics, Venice in particular.
A History of Italy
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073 – Frederick II stupor mundi (and a bit naughty)
1231 – 1237 We take a moment to look more into the provate life of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and see how his court, as well as seeing a little naughtiness going on, was a cradle of culture and science. We than deal with a rebellion by his first born son Henry before we…
A History of Italy
Bianca Lancia, Constitutions of Melfi, Cortenuova, Doge, Enzo of Sardinia, Falconry, Frederick Barbarossa, Frederick II, Henry VII, Isabella of England, Isabella of Jerusalem, Jolanda of Brienne, Legnano, Lombard League, Lucera, Milan, Modena, Padova, Piacenza, Pietro Tiepolo, Podcast, Reggio Emilia, Sicily, Trento, Venice -
071 – Wonderboy rising: Freddie II
1197 – 2020 We see the early life of Frederick I of Sicily, son of Constance of Sicily and Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI up to the point when he becomes Emperor Frederick II himself with great regret from the popes who had hoped to keep the crown of the empire and that of the…
A History of Italy
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070 – No more Normans and Horrid Henry
1186 – 1197 We sadly saw goodbye to the Norman kings in Sicily and usher in a new era in which the Hohenstaufen, under emperor Henry VI, son of Barbarossa, extend their dominion from the north sea to the centre of the Meditteranean.