Tag: John Hawkwood

• 4th anniversary episode

  We celebrate our 4th anniversary by announcing a new podcast: The K-Rock Chelsea Hotel; the 1 millionth global listen and a guest episode about 14th century Italy on The History of England podcast.

  A History of Italy

  January 4, 2022

  Anjoi, Borgia, Dante, David Crowther, Eleonora of Arborea, Emilia Romagna, Florence, Joanna of Naples, John Hawkwood, Machiavelli, Malatesta, Medici, Naples, Paolo and Francesca, Piedmont, Podcast, Rome Sicioly, Sardinia, Savoy, The History England, Venice, Visconti

• 126 – Visconti family feud and a new duchy is born (1378 – 1395)

  We see how the power-sharing solution for the government of Milan comes crashing down with power once again in the hands of a single man: Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who, after inheriting the holdings of his father and uncle, will create a Duchy that will last for centuries. meanwhile we also try and keep up with…

  A History of Italy

  November 30, 2021

  Alberico da Barbiano, Antonio della Scala, Asti, Bernabò Visconti, Boniface IX, Canfrande II della Scala, Cansignorio della Scala, Clement VII, Da Carrara, Florence, Galeazzo Visconti, Gambacorta, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gubbio, Jacopo D'Appiano, Jacopo del Verme, John Hawkwood, Landau, Mantova, Milan, Monferrato, Montefeltro, Padova, Paolo Alboino della Scala, Pisa, Podcast, Pusterla, Regina della Scala, Savoy, Siena, Tuscany, Urban VI, Urbino, Venice, Vicenza

• 125 – War and rebellion in Tuscany (1348 to 1382)

  After seeing the gruesome spectacle of the plague in Florence through the eyes of Giovani bocaccio we follow the rising tension in the city and all over Tuscany that would eventually erupt in the rebellion known as the “Revolt of the Ciompi”. In the meantime, Florence also finds time to participate in the war of…

  A History of Italy

  November 16, 2021

  Accaioli, Albizzi, Antipope Clement VII, Betto Biffoli, Capponi, Cesena, Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio, Gregory XI, Guido D'Asciano, John Hawkwood, Katherine of Siena, Malatesta, Michele di Lando, Ordelaffi, Perugia, Pitti, Podcast, Revolt of the Ciompi, Rivolta del Bruco, Siena, Sifnoria, Tumulto dei Ciompi, Urban VI