Tag: Hadrian IV

• 059 – Barbarossa brings the heat

  1158 – 1162 After the diet of Roncaglia, we follow Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa as he tries to deal with a papal schism between Victor IV and Alexander III and then goes on to deal with the communes, particularly the every obstinate Milan.

  A History of Italy

  August 14, 2019

  Alexander III, Asti, Bandinelli, Crema, Cremona, Frederick Barbarossa, Hadrian IV, Lodi, Milan, Monticelli, Novara, Pavia, Piedmont, Podcast, Rome, Siena, Vercelli, Victor IV

• 057 – Hadrian and Frederick’s troubles in Rome

  1154 – 1155 Hadrian IV tries to come to terms with the Roman commune and its moral leader, Arnaldo da Brescia, but the results are not quite as they expected

  A History of Italy

  July 30, 2019

  Arnaldo da Brescia, Capitoline Hill, Frederick Barbarossa, Hadrian IV, Leonine cCity, Manuel Komnenus, Podcast, Rome, Senate, Sicily, Spoleto, Tiber, William I