Tag: Stefano Colonna

• 110 – Cola fizzes and goes flat (1347 – 1354)

  After his great rise to power in Rome, we see Cola di Rienzo crash and burn… literally

  A History of Italy

  February 17, 2021

  Avignon, Battle of Porta San Lorenzo, Bertoldo Orsini, Clement VI, Cola di Rienzo, Giovanni Colonna, Innocent VI, Naples, Orsinini, Podcast, Rome, Stefaniello Colonna, Stefano Colonna

• 109 – Popeless Rome and the rise of Cola (not the drink)

  We take a look at what was happening in Rome while the popes were off in Avignon. We quickly see how Clement V dealt with the movement of Fra Dolcino (spoiler: violently) and then how John XXII and his successor, Gregory XII did. We then introduce Clement VI just in time for him to receive…

  A History of Italy

  February 9, 2021

  Avignon, Cola di Rienzo, Fra Dolcino, Francesco Petrarca, Orsini, Petrarch, Podcast, Rome, Savelli, Stefano Colonna, Tiber