Tag: Luis IV

• 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

• 106 – An imperial tour of Italy (1327-1329)

  We follow the descent into Italy of Holy Roman Emperor Luis IV to visit with the Visconti in Milan, the Dalla Scala in Verona, the Este of Ferrara, the Castracani in Lucca and the Gonzaga in Mantua. At the same time we see the struggle between emperor and pope and get a reminder fo the…

  A History of Italy

  January 5, 2021

  Azzone Visconti, Cangrande Della Scala, Castruccio Castracani, Colonna, Edward I, Ferrara, Lucca, Luigi Gonzaga, Luis IV, Mantua, Milan, Modena, Obizzo D'Este, Pisa, Podcast, Pope John XXII, Rome, Treviso, Venice, Verona