Tag: Spoleto

• 020 – Annoying anarchy

  888- 926 We look at the anarchy Italy fell into after the end of the Carolingians with the dealings of such men as Berengarius of Friuli and Guy of Spoleto, intersperse with some more foreign kings and emperors.

  A History of Italy

  June 13, 2018

  Arnulf of Carinthia, Berengarius, Guido of Spoleto, Guy of Spoleto, History, Hugo of Provance, Hungarian, Italy, Magyar, Marozia, Papal States, Pavia, Podcast, Rome, Rudolf, Rudolf of Burgundy, Spoleto, Verona

• 018 – A clear-up on kingdoms and back up the boot in the ninth century

  We first cleat up the concept of the “Kingdom of Italy” and then make our way back up from the Arab Emirate of Sicily to look at the Principality of Benevento, the Duchy of Naples and the Duchy of Spoleto in the ninth century as the Carolingians do their thing up north.

  A History of Italy

  May 23, 2018

  Arechi, Benevento, Gaeta, Grimoald, History, Italy, Kingdom of Italy, Lombard, Naples, Pandolfo, Podcast, Rome, Saracens, Sicily, Spoleto

• 015 – A Confusing Christmas Coronation

  795 – 800 We look at the election and tumultuous adventures of pope Leo III before he goes on to crown Charlemagne, thus determining the relations between the papacy and the budding Holy Roman Empire for centuries to come

  A History of Italy

  April 18, 2018

  Benevento, Charlemagne, History, Italy, Leo III, Paderborn, Podcast, Pope, Rome, Spoleto, St. Peter

• 014 – Carolingian Italy

  We have a look at the system that Charlemagne set up in Italy, the administration, the economy and the educational reform

  A History of Italy

  April 11, 2018

  Abdul Abbas, Adelchi, Alcuin, Benevento, Charlemagne, Corsica, Desiderius, Franks, History, Italy, Lombard, Paulus Diaconus, Podcast, Ravenna, Rome, Sardinia, Spoleto, Tuscany, Venice

• 011 – The Lombards’ last linger in the limelight

  744 – 770 From the endow the reign of Aistulf in 756 to the hight of power of king Desiderius, who by 770 gad taken the Lombards to their maximum expansion and influence

  A History of Italy

  March 14, 2018

  Ansa, Anselperga, Benevento, Bertrada, Carloman, Charlemagne, Charles Martel, Desiderata, Desiderius, Ermengarda, Ferrara, Franks, Gisela, History, Italy, Lombard, Pavia, Pepin, Pepin the short, Podcast, Ravenna, Rome, Spoleto, Stephen II, Stephen III, Susa