Tag: History

• 020 – Annoying anarchy

  888- 926 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.

  A History of Italy

  June 13, 2018

  Arnulf of Carinthia, Berengarius, Guido of Spoleto, Guy of Spoleto, History, Hugo of Provance, Hungarian, Italy, Magyar, Marozia, Papal States, Pavia, Podcast, Rome, Rudolf, Rudolf of Burgundy, Spoleto, Verona

• 019 – Feudal fun with the Franks

  843- 887 We finish off the last of th Carolingians in Italy and take a look at the feudal system they brought with them into the county.

  A History of Italy

  June 8, 2018

  Benevento, Carloman, Charlemagne, Charles the Bald, Charles the Fat, Franks, Goths, History, Italu, Leo Iv, Lombards, Lothar, Luis the German, Luis the Pious, Luis the younger, Nicholas I, Pavia, Podcast, Rome, Salerno, Sicily

• Special: Republic Day and an unprecedented institutional crisis

  We look back over the history of the upcoming cementation of Republic Day, 2nd June and look at the current political situation in the light of the constitution that cam out of that historical moment.

  A History of Italy

  May 30, 2018

  2nd June, Berlusconi, Ciampi, Cossiga, De Gasperi, History, Italy, League, Marie Jose, Mattarella, Monarchy, Pagano, Podcast, Renzi, Republic, Romita, Salvini, Togliatti, Umberto II, Victor Emanuel

• 018 – A clear-up on kingdoms and back up the boot in the ninth century

  We first cleat up the concept of the “Kingdom of Italy” and then make our way back up from the Arab Emirate of Sicily to look at the Principality of Benevento, the Duchy of Naples and the Duchy of Spoleto in the ninth century as the Carolingians do their thing up north.

  A History of Italy

  May 23, 2018

  Arechi, Benevento, Gaeta, Grimoald, History, Italy, Kingdom of Italy, Lombard, Naples, Pandolfo, Podcast, Rome, Saracens, Sicily, Spoleto

• 015 – A Confusing Christmas Coronation

  795 – 800 We look at the election and tumultuous adventures of pope Leo III before he goes on to crown Charlemagne, thus determining the relations between the papacy and the budding Holy Roman Empire for centuries to come

  A History of Italy

  April 18, 2018

  Benevento, Charlemagne, History, Italy, Leo III, Paderborn, Podcast, Pope, Rome, Spoleto, St. Peter