Tag: Tiber

• 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

• 057 – Hadrian and Frederick’s troubles in Rome

  1154 – 1155 Hadrian IV tries to come to terms with the Roman commune and its moral leader, Arnaldo da Brescia, but the results are not quite as they expected

  A History of Italy

  July 30, 2019

  Arnaldo da Brescia, Capitoline Hill, Frederick Barbarossa, Hadrian IV, Leonine cCity, Manuel Komnenus, Podcast, Rome, Senate, Sicily, Spoleto, Tiber, William I