Tag: Montefeltro

• 137 – The Republic of San Marino

  We go outside (or inside) Italy to look at a foreign country within our borders up to the 15th century and find out why we have yet another independent country on the peninsula.

  A History of Italy

  February 19, 2023

  Malatesta, Montefeltro, Mount Titan, Rimini, San Marino

• 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

• 122 – Braccio da Montone’s last stand (1417 – 1424)

  the final chapter of his story: will he rise to even greater glory and perhaps cut out a kingdom in central Italy for himself or will it all come crashing down? Will the newly elected Pope Martin the fifth manage to set up a coalition strong enough to beat this great soldier?

  A History of Italy

  October 19, 2021

  Alphonse of Spain, Andrea Dandalo, Andrea Fortebraccio, Braccio da Montone, Florence, Joanna II, Martin V, Montefeltro, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Naples, Podcast, Rome, Urbino

• 121 Braccio da Montone, Lord of Perugia (1407 – 1417)

  Braccio’s fame increases as he wins victory after victory, in central Italy, against Naples and in his involvement in the Great Western Schism, all the while with his eye on Perugia.

  A History of Italy

  October 13, 2021

  Alberico da Barbiano, Andrea Fortebraccio, Battle of St Egidio, Braccio da Montone, Carlo Malatesta, Colonna, Giangaleazzo Visconti, John XXIII, Ladislaus I of Naples, Le Marche, Martin V, Montefeltro, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Naples, Paolo Orsiini, Perugia, Podcast, Rome, Umbria, Urbino

• 120 – Braccio da Montone, early life of a condottiero (1368 – 1406)

  Fortebraccio, known as Braccio da Montone

  A History of Italy

  October 5, 2021

  Alberico da Barbiano, Bologna, Braccio da Montone, Emilia Romagna, Le Marche, Malatesta, Montefeltro, Perugia, Pesaro, Podcast, Umbria, Urbino