Tag: Pazzi conspiracy

• 153 – The assassination of Galeazzo Maria and the Moore takes control (1468 – 1494)

  Duke of Milan Galeazzo Maria Sforza continues with his expensive naughty ways until he is assassinated in 1476. His son Gian Galeazzo becomes duke under the regency of his mother, Bona of Savoy, until his uncle Ludovico, known as “il Moro” the Moore takes over as Italy heads towards the aptly named, “Italian Wars”. Meanwhile…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Andea Lampugnano, Assassination, Beatrice D'Este, Carlo Visconti, Cecilia Gallerani, Charles VIII, Cicco Simonetta, Ferrara, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Genoa, Gian Giacomo Caprotti, Gnocchi, Gorgonzola, Lady with the ermine, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lucia Marliani, Ludovico il Moro, Ludovico Sforza, Milan, Pazzi conspiracy, Pizza, Swiss Confereration

• 147 – The conpiracy of the crazies (1476 – 1478)

  Things heat up as the animosity between the Medici and pope Sixtus IV leads to one of the most infamous conspiracies in history: the Pazzi conspiracy, set up to kill Giuliano and Lorenzo De Medici and overthrow the Signoria, the government of Florence.

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Antonio Maffei da Volterra, Bernardo Bandini, Federico da Montefeltro, Florence, Francesco Pazzi, Giovan Battista di Montesecco, Girolamo Riario, Giuliano De Medici, Medici, Montesecco, Pazzi conspiracy, Podcast, Raffaele Ruario, Rome, Signoria, Sixtus IV, Stefano Bagnone