Tag: Podcast
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Recap 07 – Episodes 139 – 160
We take our usual tour around Italy, this time focusing on the latter part of the 15th century and the start of the Renaissance with: Aragonese in Sardinia and Sicily Alphonse then Ferrante in the kingdom of Naples until his death in 1494 A series of interesting popes including Martin V, Eugene IV, Sixtus IV…
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160 – Federico Da Montefeltro and bits getting cut off
We linger yet another episode in the Middle Ages to take a look at the Duchy of Urbino and in particular the “condottiero” Federico da Montefeltro, he of th eodd shped nose. There is also a murder mystery surrounding the death of his predessssor and some macbre pasrts with intimate bit being detatched.
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159 – Life, death and sex in the middle ages
We take a look at what life was like in the middle ages for the average Giuseppe and Lucrezia, from birth to death, sickness, medicine, work, free time, travel and sex and all the naughtiness connected to it.
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158 – The Este of Ferrara
We take a look at a brief summary of one of the oldest dynasties in Europe, the House of Este who are the ancestors also of the House of Windsor rulers of the United Kingdom. In particular we look at the Italian branch, from their Carolingian roots to the year 1505 when Ercole D’Este was succeeded by his son Alfonso and…