Tag: Urban VI

• Re-release: 129 – Catherine of Siena – Medieval UN ambassador

  In this episode we follow the last part of the life of St Catherine of Siena as her fame and influence grows to International levels and she deals with princes and popes alike, going through the war of the eight saints, the Ciompi revolt and the Great Western Schism, all the while battling against her…

  A History of Italy

  December 29, 2021

  Caterina da Siena, Catherine of Siena, Clement VII, Florence, Gregory XI, Jesus Christ, Podcast, Raimondo da Capua, Raymond of Capua, Revolt of the Ciompi, Siena, Urban VI

• 129 – Catherine of Siena – Medieval UN ambassador

  In this episode we follow the last part of the life of St Catherine of Siena as her fame and influence grows to International levels and she deals with princes and popes alike, going through the war of the eight saints, the Ciompi revolt and the Great Western Schism, all the while battling against her…

  A History of Italy

  December 21, 2021

  Caterina da Siena, Catherine of Siena, Clement VII, Florence, Gregory XI, Jesus Christ, Podcast, Raimondo da Capua, Raymond of Capua, Revolt of the Ciompi, Siena, Urban VI

• 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

• 125 – War and rebellion in Tuscany (1348 to 1382)

  After seeing the gruesome spectacle of the plague in Florence through the eyes of Giovani bocaccio we follow the rising tension in the city and all over Tuscany that would eventually erupt in the rebellion known as the “Revolt of the Ciompi”. In the meantime, Florence also finds time to participate in the war of…

  A History of Italy

  November 16, 2021

  Accaioli, Albizzi, Antipope Clement VII, Betto Biffoli, Capponi, Cesena, Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio, Gregory XI, Guido D'Asciano, John Hawkwood, Katherine of Siena, Malatesta, Michele di Lando, Ordelaffi, Perugia, Pitti, Podcast, Revolt of the Ciompi, Rivolta del Bruco, Siena, Sifnoria, Tumulto dei Ciompi, Urban VI

• 119 – Joanna II of Naples and some schism fixing

  We see the rather naughty and turbulent reign of Joanna II of Naples. Did she really deserve the nickname “the insatiable” or even “the mad”? Or was it just bad press?

  A History of Italy

  September 21, 2021

  Alponse of Spain, Anjou, Aragon, Clement VII, Joanna II, Martin V, Maschio Angioino, Naples, Pandolfello Piscopo, Podcast, Ser Gianni Carracciolo, Urban VI