Tag: Gonzaga

• 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

• 107 – An unexpected king

  While everyone (the Pope, the king of France, Milan, Verona, Venice, Florence etc.) is manoeuvring in northern Italy along comes an unexpected king, John of Luxembourg, king of Bohemia. Will he be able to unite the northern cities?

  A History of Italy

  January 12, 2021

  Azzone Visconti, Brescia, Cangrande Della Scala, Della Scala, Enrico Dandolo, Florence, Gonzaga, john of Luxenburg, John ofBohemia, Lucca, Luigi Gonzaga, Luis IV, Mantua, Mastino II Della Scala, Philipp the Fair, Podcast, Venice, Verona, 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