In this recap episode we look back over the period from the fall of the Lombard kingdom at the hands of Charlemagne in 774 to the year 1000.
Tag: History
We take a look at the reign of the teenage oboe John XII and the start of the struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire
We look at the second part of the incredible story of Marozia, as we use her family as an example of the chaos that was early tenth century Italy.
We take a look at the situation of debauchery and corruption that Italy, and more specifically Rome, fell into during the ninth and tenth centuries, with a particular focus on the Tuscolo family and perhaps its most famous member, Marozia.
We look at the anarchy Italy fell into after the end of the Carolingians with the dealings of such men as Berengarius of Friuli and Guy of Spoleto, intersperse with some more foreign kings and emperors.
