Tag: Ravenna

• 141 – The popes are back in business (1417 – 1447)

  After the healing of the western schism in 1417, new pope Martin V must get his papal states under control which means dealing with a whole load of issue such as brigands, mercenary captains, pushy neighbours, unruly lords and a lack of cash. We then see how his successor, Eugene IV was able to muck…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Basel, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Braccio da Montone, Colonna, Cosimo de Medici, Eugene IV, Federico da Montefeltro, Felix V, Florence, Francesco Sforza, Martin V, Medici, Milan, Orsini, Perugia, Ravenna, Rome, Sforza, Urbino, Visconti

• 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

• 051 – Communes rising

  We take a look at how a new form of local government, the Communes rose and gained their independence from the feudal powers that be, 

  A History of Italy

  May 14, 2019

  Amalfi, Arengo, Bologna, Commune, Consul, Feudal, Gaeta, Genoa, Guild, Maritime Republic, Medieval, Merchant, Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Pisa, Podcast, Ragusa, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Venice

• 048 – Bye bye Byzantines -The end of Byzantine Italy part 2

  In the second part of this miniseries we go from the time of king Rotari of the Lombards at the end of the seventh century to the fall of Bai and the end of the Byzantine presence in Italy.

  A History of Italy

  March 31, 2019

  Bari, Basileus II, Byzantine, Exarch, Gaeta, Katepano, Lombards, Naples, Normans, Phokas, Podcast, Ravenna, Rome, Sicily, Taranto

• 047 – Bye bye Byzantines – The end of Byzantine Italy part 1

  We take a look back at the Byzantine presence in Italy, from the Gothic War in 535 up to the start of the seventh century.

  A History of Italy

  March 20, 2019

  Arab, Belisarius, Byzantine, Byzantium, Constantinople, Exarch, Exarchate, Genoa, Goths, Gregory the Great, Justinian, Lombard, Naples, Narses, Pentapolis, Podcast, Ravenna, Rome, Rothari, Sicily