Tag: Gian Galeazzo Visconti

• 155 – Venice has trouble with the neighbours (1400 – 1416)

  We come round to Venice to see how they were doing at the start of the 15th century, dealing with neighbours such as the duchy of Milan under Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Padua under the Da Carrara and the formidable Sigismund king of Hungary and his general Pippo Spano.  Before that we take some time to have a look at the political structure of the…

  A History of Italy

  March 14, 2023

  Aquileia, Croatia, Da Carrara, Dalmatia, Della Scala, Doge, Duchy of Milan, Garda, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gran Consiglio, Hungary, Ladislaus of Naples, Marina Gallina, Michele Steno, Milan, Padua, Pippo Spano, Podcast, Sigismund of Luxemburg, Venice, Verona

• 130 – The father of the father of the nation: the rise of the Medici (1402 – 1428)

  We follow the life and times of Giovanni di Bicci De Medici, shrewd banker and able politician as he navigates the complicated waters of early 15th century Florentine politics as the republic prepares to kick of an age of unprecedented cultural renewal: the Renaissance

  A History of Italy

  January 13, 2022

  Albizzi, Brunelleschi, Cosimo de Medici, Donatello, Florence, Ghiberti, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Giovanni di Bicci, Masaccio, Medici, Milan, Piccarda Boeri, Podcast, Renaissance, Venice

• 127 – Milan vs Florence: fight to the death (1395 – 1402)

  unstoppable expansion of the newly formed Duchy of Milan. Will they manage? Or will Gian Galeazzo Visconti complete his vision of including Florence in his dominions.

  A History of Italy

  December 7, 2021

  Alberigo Da Barbiano, Assisi, Braccio da Montone, Da Carrara, Ferrara, Florence, France, Genoa, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gonzaga, Jacopo del Verme, Lucca, Mantova, Milan, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Padova, Perugia, Pisa, Podcast, Tuscany, Venice

• 126 – Visconti family feud and a new duchy is born (1378 – 1395)

  We see how the power-sharing solution for the government of Milan comes crashing down with power once again in the hands of a single man: Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who, after inheriting the holdings of his father and uncle, will create a Duchy that will last for centuries. meanwhile we also try and keep up with…

  A History of Italy

  November 30, 2021

  Alberico da Barbiano, Antonio della Scala, Asti, Bernabò Visconti, Boniface IX, Canfrande II della Scala, Cansignorio della Scala, Clement VII, Da Carrara, Florence, Galeazzo Visconti, Gambacorta, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gubbio, Jacopo D'Appiano, Jacopo del Verme, John Hawkwood, Landau, Mantova, Milan, Monferrato, Montefeltro, Padova, Paolo Alboino della Scala, Pisa, Podcast, Pusterla, Regina della Scala, Savoy, Siena, Tuscany, Urban VI, Urbino, Venice, Vicenza

• 114 – More Milan and popey come home (1345 – 1385)

  The continuing consolidation of Milan under Bernabò and Galeazzo Visconti and the start of the Great Western Schism

  A History of Italy

  May 18, 2021

  Asti, Avignon, Bernabò Visconti, Blanche of Savoy, Bologna, Clement VII, Florence, Galeazzo Visconti, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gregory XI, Novara, Podcast, Poiters, Rome, Urban V, Urban VI