Tag: Manfredi

• 132 – The end of the Visconti: how to lose a duchy (1410 – 1447)

  Filippo Maria Visconti, now sole Duke of Milan, has a bit of time to take a breather, before the chaos of the wars of Lombardy vs Venice and Florence, with special guest stars

  A History of Italy

  February 1, 2022

  Alberico da Barbiano, Alphonse of Spain, Bianca Maria Visconti, Braccio da Montone, Carlo Malatesta, Cosimo de Medici, Eugene IV, Florence, Forlì, Francesco Sforza, L'Aquila, Manfredi, Milan, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Naples, Ordelaffi, Pandolfo Malatesta, Podcast, Venice

• Recap 05 – From episode 077 to 100

  We go back over around 50 years from the death of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II to beyond 1300 to retrace the steps of the kingdom of Sicily, the war of the Sicilian Vespers, the northern communes and maritime republics as well as looking over at Sardinia and keeping an eye as always on the…

  A History of Italy

  November 10, 2020

  Arborea, Battle of Campaldino, Benevento, Boniface VIII, Calari, Charles II, Charles of Anjou, Commune, Conrad IV, Corradino, Curzola, Dante Alighieri, Della Torre, Ezzelino da Romano, Florence, Frederick II, Frederick III, Gallura, Genoa, Ghibelline, Guelph, Manfredi, Meloria, Milan, Naples, Papacy, Peter of Aragon, Pisa, Podcast, Podestà, Sardinia, Sicily, Signorie, Tagliacozzo, Torres, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Venice, Visconti

• 081 – The last stand of the house of Staufen with guest host Marco Cappelli

  Marco Cappelli tells us about the last stand of Conradine of Hohenstauen at the battle that took place near Marco’s home town Tagliacozzo.

  A History of Italy

  March 19, 2020

  Charles of Anjou, Condradine, Corradino, Dante Alighieri, Ghibelline, Guelph, hohenstaufen, Manfredi, Marco Cappelli, Naples, Pisa, Podcast, Pope, Tagliacozzo, Viterbo

• 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