Tag: Lombardy

• 154 Trentino Alto Adige (up to 1509)

  Since we have never been there in the podcast, we take some time to go back and give a very general overview of the northern Italian region of Trentino Alto Adige, perched up north between the duchy of Milan and the Republic of Venice with reference to the time we are in. We go through…

  A History of Italy

  March 3, 2023

  Aldo Adige, Bishop-count, Bolzano, Council of Trent, Federico Vanga, Franks, Garda, George of Lichtenstein, Lombardy, Rodolfo Belenzani, Romans, Tirol, Trent, Trentino, Trento, Veneto

• 080 – Frederick II’s boys and here come the French

  1250 – 1266 We take a look at what happened to the sons of Frederick II, Conrad, Henry and Manfredi. In the case of Manfredi we see his rise to influence over almost all of Italy before it all came crashing down with the invasion of Charles of Anjou.

  A History of Italy

  March 12, 2020

  Alexander iV, Benevento, Clement IV, Conrad IV, Florence, Frederick II, Genoa, Ghibelline, Guelph, Innocent IV, Lombardy, Lucera, Manfredi, Podcast, Rome, Siciliy, Siena, Tuscany, Urban IV, Venice