Tag: Pius II

• 157 – Venice out of the middle ages and into uncertainty (1454 – 1492)

  After the peace of Lodi, the relative stability on the peninsula allows Venice to concentrate on the Ottomans again and the inevitable first war breaks out in 1463. Before that, we see one of the few doge’s to actually be deposed, Francesco Foscari a record breaking doge for various reasons and sexy actor in “The Medici” Tv series. Then, when Venice reaches a rather humiliating…

  A History of Italy

  May 3, 2023

  Arsenale, Bagnolo, Charles VIII, Courtesan, Este, Ferrara, Foscari, Girolamo Riario, Jacopo Foscari, Ludovico il Moro, Medici, Negroponte, Ottoman, Pasquale Malpiero, Pius II, Podcast, Sixtus IV, Turk, Venice

• 140 – King Ferdinand’s woes (1458 – 1492)

  After the death of Alphonse the Magnanimous, his illigitimate son, Ferdinand, has quite a time managing to hold on to the kingdom of Naples what with revolting Barons, meddling popes and even an Ottoman invasion! Will the poor man ever get any peace and quiet?

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Alphonse of Naples, Alphonse V, Anjou, Aragon, Ferdinand of Naples, Ferrante of Naples, Ferrara, Florence, Lorenzo De Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Medici, Milan, Mosaic, Naples, Otranto, Ottoman, Pius II, Ravenna, Siciliy, Skanderbeg, Venice