Tag: Gregory X

• 086 – Marco Polo part 1

  In this first episode on the 13th century explorer Marco Polo we look at some background on Venice at his time and his family as well as introducing the figure of the Great Khan Kublai.

  A History of Italy

  April 30, 2020

  Assasins, Charles of Anjou, Constantinople, Edward I, Fibonazzi, Genghis Khan, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Golden Horde, Gregory X, Hashishin, Innocent IV, Lorenzo Fibonacci, Maffio Polo, Marco Polo, Matteo Polo, Micael Paleologus, Mongol, Nicolò Polo, Podcast, Sudak, Tartars, Venice

• 082 – Charles in charge and the Sicilian Vespers

  1266-1282 Charles of Anjou settles down to govern his new kingdom… and make a mess if it, provoking the rebellion of the Sicilian Vespers.

  A History of Italy

  March 27, 2020

  Alessandria, Alfonso of Castille, Charles of Anjou, Corleone, Dante Alighieri, Genoa, Giuseppe Verdi, Gregory X, Naples, Palermo, Peter of Aragon, Podcast, Sicily, Turin, Viterbo