Tag: Verona

• 156 – Venice tangles with the Turks and messes with Milan (1416 – 1454)

  Venice, after trying to avoid it, goes to war with the Turks and at the Battle of Gallipoli a spectacular victory is won… but by who? Then, we see how Venice used an ex ,mercenary captain of Milan against his old employers, Carmagnola, but then, when the Serenissima started to suspect him, he met an unfortunate end. Finally we relive one of…

  A History of Italy

  April 4, 2023

  Bardonlino, Battle of Gallipoli, Brescia, Carmagnola, Castello Scaligero, Francesco Bussone, Francesco Foscari, Gallipoli, Lake Garda, Lazise, Milan, Ottoman Turks, Pietro Loredan, Sirmione, Tommaso Mocenigo, Torbole, Venice, Verona

• 155 – Venice has trouble with the neighbours (1400 – 1416)

  We come round to Venice to see how they were doing at the start of the 15th century, dealing with neighbours such as the duchy of Milan under Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Padua under the Da Carrara and the formidable Sigismund king of Hungary and his general Pippo Spano.  Before that we take some time to have a look at the political structure of the…

  A History of Italy

  March 14, 2023

  Aquileia, Croatia, Da Carrara, Dalmatia, Della Scala, Doge, Duchy of Milan, Garda, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gran Consiglio, Hungary, Ladislaus of Naples, Marina Gallina, Michele Steno, Milan, Padua, Pippo Spano, Podcast, Sigismund of Luxemburg, Venice, Verona

• 131 – Milan, chaos in the duchy (1402 – 1412)

  After the untimely death of the first duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the duchy is thrown into turmoil as the widow, Caterina Visconti attempts to hold onto the realm of her sons, Giovanni Maria and Filippo Maria through internal intrigue and external military pressure from Florence, Venice and many others trying to take advantage…

  A History of Italy

  January 25, 2022

  Alberigo Da Barbiano, Caterina Visconti, Da Carrara, Della Scala, Facino Cane, Filippo Maria Visconti, Florence, Francesco Novello Da Carrara, Giovanni Maria Visconti, Jacopo del Verme, Milan, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Parma, Pavia, Podcast, Sforza, Siena, Venice, Verona, Visconti

• 107 – An unexpected king

  While everyone (the Pope, the king of France, Milan, Verona, Venice, Florence etc.) is manoeuvring in northern Italy along comes an unexpected king, John of Luxembourg, king of Bohemia. Will he be able to unite the northern cities?

  A History of Italy

  January 12, 2021

  Azzone Visconti, Brescia, Cangrande Della Scala, Della Scala, Enrico Dandolo, Florence, Gonzaga, john of Luxenburg, John ofBohemia, Lucca, Luigi Gonzaga, Luis IV, Mantua, Mastino II Della Scala, Philipp the Fair, Podcast, Venice, Verona, Visconti

• 106 – An imperial tour of Italy (1327-1329)

  We follow the descent into Italy of Holy Roman Emperor Luis IV to visit with the Visconti in Milan, the Dalla Scala in Verona, the Este of Ferrara, the Castracani in Lucca and the Gonzaga in Mantua. At the same time we see the struggle between emperor and pope and get a reminder fo the…

  A History of Italy

  January 5, 2021

  Azzone Visconti, Cangrande Della Scala, Castruccio Castracani, Colonna, Edward I, Ferrara, Lucca, Luigi Gonzaga, Luis IV, Mantua, Milan, Modena, Obizzo D'Este, Pisa, Podcast, Pope John XXII, Rome, Treviso, Venice, Verona