Tag: Reggio Emilia

• 102 – Venice kicks off its 14th century (up to 1310’s)

  We go back to one of our favorite destinations: Venice, which we last left at the start of the 13th century to bring the maritime republic up to the 14th. We see some crazy laws as the republic move more and more to an oligarchy and has bit of trouble as the 14th starts up,…

  A History of Italy

  December 1, 2020

  Azzo D'Este, Byzantium, Contarini, Doge, Enrico Dandalo, Este, Ferrara, Genoa, Jacopo Tiepolo, Modena, Morosini, Pisa, Podcast, Pope Clement V, Reggio Emilia, Venice, Ziani

• 101 – The many paths to communal demise (up to early 1300’s)

  As we really dig into the 14th century, we look at an overview of the different ways in which the communes turned into the signorie, cities and groups of cities ruled over by a single hereditary ruler.

  A History of Italy

  November 17, 2020

  Bologna, Commune, Condottieri, Da Camino, Da Fogliano, Della Scala, Florence, Foligno, Genoa, Malatesta, Milan, Pavia, Pisa, Podcast, Reggio Emilia, Signorie, Trinci, Tuscany, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Visconti

• 074 – Goodbye Freddie II

  We see the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II to its end as he faces off with Gregory IX and then Innocent IV, all the while dealing with the ever rebellious communes of northern Italy in their continuous struggle between pro-imperial Ghibellines and pro-papal Guelphs, up to the Battle of Parma in 1247.

  A History of Italy

  January 14, 2020

  Battle of Parma, Brescia, Council of Lyon, Enzo of Sardinia, Frederick II, Genoa, Ghibelline, Gregory IX, Guelph, Innocent IV, Milan, Modena, Piacenza, Podcast, Reggio Emilia, Rome, Venice, Verona

• 073 – Frederick II stupor mundi (and a bit naughty)

  1231 – 1237 We take a moment to look more into the provate life of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and see how his court, as well as seeing a little naughtiness going on, was a cradle of culture and science. We than deal with a rebellion by his first born son Henry before we…

  A History of Italy

  January 7, 2020

  Bianca Lancia, Constitutions of Melfi, Cortenuova, Doge, Enzo of Sardinia, Falconry, Frederick Barbarossa, Frederick II, Henry VII, Isabella of England, Isabella of Jerusalem, Jolanda of Brienne, Legnano, Lombard League, Lucera, Milan, Modena, Padova, Piacenza, Pietro Tiepolo, Podcast, Reggio Emilia, Sicily, Trento, Venice

• 063 – After Legnano, the cool Crusade and the Italian one

  1176 – 1204 We take a look at the aftermath of the battle of Legnano which saw the forces of the Lombard League victorious against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Then we take a quick look at the third and fourth Crusades.

  A History of Italy

  October 1, 2019

  Alessandria, Alexios, Bonifacio di Monferrato, Byzantium, Como, Constantinople, Cremona, Enrico Dandolo, Fourth Crusade, Frederick Barbarossa, Guido da Landriano, Ivrea, Legnano, Lombard League, Milan, Modena, Parma, Podcast, Pope Celestine III, Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Innocent III, Pope Lucius III, Reggio Emilia, Theobald of Champagne, Third Crusade, Turin, Venice, Verona