Tag: Otto I

• Recap 02 – episodes 014 – 027

  In this recap episode we look back over the period from the fall of the Lombard kingdom at the hands of Charlemagne in 774 to the year 1000.

  A History of Italy

  August 27, 2018

  Alberic, Apulia, Arab, Benevento, Charlemagne, Emirate, History, Italy, John Xii, Leo III, Liguria, Marozia, Otto I, Otto II, Otto III, Pandolfo Ironhead, Podcast, Pope, Rome, Salerno, Sicily, Spoleto, Theophanu, Theophylact, Tuscany, Venice

• 025 – Ottonian Italy

  966 – 973 Otto I of Germany continues to consolidate his hold over Italy, attempting to go all the way south and dislodge the remaining Byzantine presence, meanwhile setting up his son with a Byzantine princess, Theophanu.

  A History of Italy

  August 4, 2018

  Arab, Benevento, Byzantine, Capua, Otto I, Otto II, Pandolfo Ironhead, Podcast, Rome, Salerno, Spoleto, Theophanu

• 024 – Outstanding Otto and more mess from a porn pope

  951 – 066 We take a look at the reign of the teenage oboe John XII and the start of the struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire

  A History of Italy

  July 21, 2018

  Adalbert, Adelaide of Italy, Albert of Rome, Berengarius of Ivrea, History, Italy, John Xii, Leo VIII, Otto I, Podcast, Rome

• 023 – Here come the Ottonians

  932 – 955 We look at how Alberic II did after taking control of Rome from his mother Marozia and his stepfather Guido of Provence. Then we jave a look at the usual confusion in northern Italy before the descent of the Saxon king Otto I, while we wait for the unforgettable pope John Xii…

  A History of Italy

  July 13, 2018

  Adelaide, Alberic, Berengarius, Canossa, Italy, John XI, John Xii, Leo VIII, Otto I, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Pavia, Podcast, Rome