Tag: Lucca

• 127 – Milan vs Florence: fight to the death (1395 – 1402)

  unstoppable expansion of the newly formed Duchy of Milan. Will they manage? Or will Gian Galeazzo Visconti complete his vision of including Florence in his dominions.

  A History of Italy

  December 7, 2021

  Alberigo Da Barbiano, Assisi, Braccio da Montone, Da Carrara, Ferrara, Florence, France, Genoa, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gonzaga, Jacopo del Verme, Lucca, Mantova, Milan, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Padova, Perugia, Pisa, Podcast, Tuscany, Venice

• 123 – The Tuscan scene and Florence rising (1302 – 1327)

  area. We see how things went with the Guelphs and Ghibellines inside and outside the region with all the “international” players while all the while the corporations make their way into the halls of power.

  A History of Italy

  October 26, 2021

  Agriturismo, Arezzo, Arnolfo da Cambio, Campaldino, Castruccio Castracani, Charles of Calabria, Cimabue, Dante Alighieri, Farinata degli Uberti, Florence, Ghibelline, Giotto, Guelph, INferno, Lucca, Montaperti, Montecatini, Montepulciano, Pisa, Podcast, Robert of Naples, Tuscany, Zappolino

• 113 – The definitive death of communal Milan (1339 – 1354)

  Milan passes from Azzone Visconti to Giovanni and Luchino, expanding among the constantly warring city states of Northern Italy.

  A History of Italy

  May 4, 2021

  Amedeo VI of Savoy, Azzone da Correggio, Azzone Visconti, Bernabò Visconti, Blanche of Savoy, Clement VI, Della Sua, Este, Ferrara, Galeazzo Visconti, Genoa, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Giovanni Visocnti, Lucca, Luchino Visconti, Milan, Monferrato, Parma, Podcast, Rome, Venice, Visconti

• 108 – Italians against stairs

  Mastino II Della Scala gets too big for his own good and Venice, Florence and Milan move in to bring him down a rung or two

  A History of Italy

  January 19, 2021

  Azzone Visconti, Brescia, Charles of Bohemia, Doge, Florence, Francesco Dandalo, Giovanni Visconti, Gradenigo, Lucca, Luchino Visconti, Mantua, Mastino II Della Scala, Milan, Padua, Parma, Pietro De Rossi, Podcast, Rome, Treviso, Venice

• 107 – An unexpected king

  While everyone (the Pope, the king of France, Milan, Verona, Venice, Florence etc.) is manoeuvring in northern Italy along comes an unexpected king, John of Luxembourg, king of Bohemia. Will he be able to unite the northern cities?

  A History of Italy

  January 12, 2021

  Azzone Visconti, Brescia, Cangrande Della Scala, Della Scala, Enrico Dandolo, Florence, Gonzaga, john of Luxenburg, John ofBohemia, Lucca, Luigi Gonzaga, Luis IV, Mantua, Mastino II Della Scala, Philipp the Fair, Podcast, Venice, Verona, Visconti