Tag: Piero De Medici

• 163 – The rise and Fall of Gerolamo Savonarola

  We follow the life of mystic, prophet and monk, Gerolamo Savonarola, who came to have a great moral influence over Florence, particularly after the expulsion of the Medici. His increasing fiery denunciation of the immorality of the Florentines and then the church and pope Alexander VI made him more and more enemies, ready to pounce on him the…

  A History of Italy

  December 18, 2023

  Dominican, Florence, Franciscan, Gerolamo Savonarola, Italian Wars, Medici, Piero De Medici

• 162 – The Italian wars 2- opening hostilities and the Medici get kicked out

  Charles VIII of France starts to head into Italy, beginning with the lands of Savoy where a 2-year-old duke leaves things to his mum to deal with the expensive guest who also asks her for a loan. Meanwhile, the Neapolitans try to go on the offensive by attacking locations along the Tuscan and Ligurian coast…

  A History of Italy

  December 18, 2023

  Alphonse II, Charles VIII, Ferrante, Florence, Ludovico il Moro, Naples, Piero De Medici, Pietro the pointless

• 161 – The Italian wars 1: setting up and setting off

  We look at the background to the expedition by King Charles VIII of France into Italy to claim the throne of Naples. This takes us to explore the situation i Milan, with Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza and his uncle Ludovico il Moro, then to Naples, where king Alphonse II has just succeeded his father Ferrante. We see…

  A History of Italy

  December 18, 2023

  Alphonse II, Asti, Charles VIII, Fderrante, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Ludovico il Moro, Medici, Milan, Naples, Papal States, Piedmont, Piero De Medici, Savoy, Sforza, Turin, Venice

• 152 – Duke Francesco Sforza and his sex-crazed son (1450 – 1568)

  Shortly after becoming duke, Francesco Sforza has to deal with a war against Venice, but then the peace of Lodi and the Italic league allow him some time to consolidate his power and start building projects in Milan, as well as chase after women, ending his life with a total of 35 children, only 8…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Arengo, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Bianca Maria Visconti, Bona of Savoy, Federico da Montefeltro, Ferdinand of Naples, Florence, Francesco Sforza, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Genoa, Italic league, Lorenzo De Medici, Lucrezia Landriani, Molinella, Peace of Lodi, Piacenza, Piccinini, Piero De Medici, Podcast, Riccardina, Savona, Tristano Sforza, Urbino, Venice

• 144 – A sickly father, a magnificent mother amd balls (1464 – 1468)

  Piero De Medici takes over the shadow government of Florence at the death of his father, Cosimo, and with the help of his wife and son manages to hold the reigns, overcome a plot on his life and a war with a rather interesting character, Bartolomeo Colleoni.

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Bartolomeo Colleoni, Cosimo de Medici, Lorenzo De Medici, Milan, Molinella, Naples, Piero De Medici, Pitti, Riccardina, Sforza, Venice