Tag: Vercelli

• 134 – Piedmont and the rise of the house of Savoy

  We catch the region of Piedmont up to the 13th century and then start to take a look at the rise of the house of Savoy, beginning with its founder Umberto Biancamano, he of the white hand (for some reason).

  A History of Italy

  February 19, 2023

  Alessandria, Amedeo, Asti, Cinque Terre, Emanuele Filiberto, Gauls, Liguri, Lombards, Moncinisio, Monferrato, Piedmont, Podcast, Saluzzo, Savoy, Umberto Biancamano, Vercelli

• 098 – The Visconti take Milan, Act 1

  We see the rise of the Visconti family in Milan as they battle the power of the Della Torre for control over the city and subsequently much of Northern Italy. First however, I take a personal look at my relationship with Milan and tell the story of how my mother was an unwitting baby sitter…

  A History of Italy

  September 28, 2020

  Alessandria, Brescia, Giorgio Ambrosoli, Lodi, Matteo Visconti, Michele Sindona, Milan, Monferrato, Napoleone della Torre, Novara, Podcast, Vercelli

• 059 – Barbarossa brings the heat

  1158 – 1162 After the diet of Roncaglia, we follow Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa as he tries to deal with a papal schism between Victor IV and Alexander III and then goes on to deal with the communes, particularly the every obstinate Milan.

  A History of Italy

  August 14, 2019

  Alexander III, Asti, Bandinelli, Crema, Cremona, Frederick Barbarossa, Hadrian IV, Lodi, Milan, Monticelli, Novara, Pavia, Piedmont, Podcast, Rome, Siena, Vercelli, Victor IV

• 029 – New millennium, nationalist myths, same old mess

  1002 – 1013 As a new millennium dawns on the Italian pensala, we see that nothing much has changed, at least for the moment, as we see Henry II of Bavaria attempting to take power in Italy and then become emperor.

  A History of Italy

  September 16, 2018

  Arduin of Ivrea, Benedict VIII, Henry II, John XVII, Parma, Podcast, Reggio Emilia, Rome, Sergius IV, Sylvester II, Tedaldo of Canossa, Vercelli