Tag: Tuscany

• 127 – Milan vs Florence: fight to the death (1395 – 1402)

  unstoppable expansion of the newly formed Duchy of Milan. Will they manage? Or will Gian Galeazzo Visconti complete his vision of including Florence in his dominions.

  A History of Italy

  December 7, 2021

  Alberigo Da Barbiano, Assisi, Braccio da Montone, Da Carrara, Ferrara, Florence, France, Genoa, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gonzaga, Jacopo del Verme, Lucca, Mantova, Milan, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Padova, Perugia, Pisa, Podcast, Tuscany, Venice

• 126 – Visconti family feud and a new duchy is born (1378 – 1395)

  We see how the power-sharing solution for the government of Milan comes crashing down with power once again in the hands of a single man: Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who, after inheriting the holdings of his father and uncle, will create a Duchy that will last for centuries. meanwhile we also try and keep up with…

  A History of Italy

  November 30, 2021

  Alberico da Barbiano, Antonio della Scala, Asti, Bernabò Visconti, Boniface IX, Canfrande II della Scala, Cansignorio della Scala, Clement VII, Da Carrara, Florence, Galeazzo Visconti, Gambacorta, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gubbio, Jacopo D'Appiano, Jacopo del Verme, John Hawkwood, Landau, Mantova, Milan, Monferrato, Montefeltro, Padova, Paolo Alboino della Scala, Pisa, Podcast, Pusterla, Regina della Scala, Savoy, Siena, Tuscany, Urban VI, Urbino, Venice, Vicenza

• 124 – Troubled Tuscan times and Boccaccio’s Decameron

  After following Florence and Tuscany through a mini golden age from the 1280’s to the 1330’s we see things really start to go downhill with social tensions between the Arti Maggiori, the greater guilds, and the arti minori, the lesser guilds, exacerbated also by the very brief dominion over Florence by Walter of Brienne. We…

  A History of Italy

  November 9, 2021

  ArtiMaggiori, Black Death, Bocaccio, Florence, Great plague, Gualtiero di Brienne, Guild, Petrarch, Podcast, Signoria, Tuscany, Walter of Brienne

• 123 – The Tuscan scene and Florence rising (1302 – 1327)

  area. We see how things went with the Guelphs and Ghibellines inside and outside the region with all the “international” players while all the while the corporations make their way into the halls of power.

  A History of Italy

  October 26, 2021

  Agriturismo, Arezzo, Arnolfo da Cambio, Campaldino, Castruccio Castracani, Charles of Calabria, Cimabue, Dante Alighieri, Farinata degli Uberti, Florence, Ghibelline, Giotto, Guelph, INferno, Lucca, Montaperti, Montecatini, Montepulciano, Pisa, Podcast, Robert of Naples, Tuscany, Zappolino

• 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