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A History of Italy

Join history buff, Mike Corradi on a journey through time as he unfolds the rich tapestry of the Italian peninsula"s history. This chronological story starts with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and leads you through the most iconic events, influential figures, and cultural milestones that have shaped Italy into what we see today. It’s all serious stuff, but we do take time to stop and laugh at battles over a bucket, rude names, naughty priests and popes, rabbits winning sieges, doves

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18:11

115 – Hard times for Venice, a very naughty doge and...

A History of Italy ·

2021/06/01

We catch Venice up to the mid 14th century following storms, floods earthquakes, plagues and all other kinds of lovely things. Then we see a trattori doge, a big nose and a dolphin ruler. All this while trying keep up the struggle against the Genoese and Turks at sea as well as the Hungarians on land, tough times for Venice indeed.

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36:22

Anti-mafia martyrs: Giovanni Falcone

A History of Italy ·

2021/05/23

One of the Mafia's most dangerous foes was killed on 23rd May 1992. Anti.Mafia investigative magistrate Giovanni Falcone was responsible for putting hundreds of mafiosi behind bars and his investigation into a tender fixing operation expanded into one of the largest mafia trials in Italian history. His later work at the ministry of the interior led to some of the toughest anti-mafia legislation ever passed.

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22:40

114 – More Milan and popey come home (1345 – 1385)

A History of Italy ·

2021/05/19

The continuing consolidation of Milan under Bernabò and Galeazzo Visconti and the start of the Great Western Schism

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29:56

F100: 01 What is Fascism?

A History of Italy ·

2021/05/15

in this first episode of the mini series we explore the meaning of fascism, with particular reference to the Italian experience up until the death of Benito Mussolini in 1945.

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05:03

Coming soon: Fascism 100

A History of Italy ·

2021/05/11

A new miniseries tracing the rise and fall of Italian Fascism to uncover some of the important lessons that can be learned for the present.

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38:47

Special: The Aldo Moro assassination with Lorenzo Paluan

A History of Italy ·

2021/05/09

We attempt to unravel the complicated threads of one of the darkest and most intricate affairs of modern Italian history: the kidnapping and assassination of Also Moro

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23:53

113 – The definitive death of communal Milan (1339 –...

A History of Italy ·

2021/05/05

Milan passes from Azzone Visconti to Giovanni and Luchino, expanding among the constantly warring city states of Northern Italy.

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20:37

112 – Queen Joanna of Naples (1345 – 1382)

A History of Italy ·

2021/03/30

We follow Queen Joanna of Naples as she goes through three more husbands, ever searching for the right one, but getting ambitious power grabbing insensitive men or total nut jobs until she finally settles on the one who will see her to her end. Meanwhile she will guide the kingdom of Naples through the Sicilian question, rebellions, the plague, warring bandits and the great Western schism.

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44:35

Crossover: Colombus and Genoa with the History of...

A History of Italy ·

2021/03/23

The famous/notorious Italian explorer and the city of his birth in this interview with Mark Vinet of the "History of North America podcast

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38:02

Interview: Jennifer Anton, author of "Under the Light...

A History of Italy ·

2021/03/08

We had a great chat with Jennifer Anton, author of the novel "Under the Light of the Italian Moon"

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22:51

111 – Joanna of Naples, teenage queen with a boring...

A History of Italy ·

2021/03/02

the rise to the throne of Joanna of Naples, from her marriage at a young age to Andrew. son of the Angevine king of Hungary to her coronation as a teenager after the death of her grandfather Robert of Naples. We will see how her joyful, lively character clashed with that of her husband as complications rose in the kingdom around them, reaching dire consequqnces.

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23:09

110 – Cola fizzes and goes flat (1347 – 1354)

A History of Italy ·

2021/02/17

After his great rise to power in Rome, we see Cola di Rienzo crash and burn... literally

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24:53

109 – Popeless Rome and the rise of Cola (not the drink)

A History of Italy ·

2021/02/10

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 delegation from Rome headed by a charistmatic, handsome young notary called Cola di Rienzo who, with the support of papal authority, got back to Rome and managed to put himself in the driver's seat quite

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13:15

Fill-in episode – 2021 Italian government crisis

A History of Italy ·

2021/02/07

While waiting to get back on track with the regular podcast (back soon), we take the opportunity to update you on history in the making: the current mid-pandemic government crisis

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20:57

108 – Italians against stairs

A History of Italy ·

2021/01/19

Mastino II Della Scala gets too big for his own good and Venice, Florence and Milan move in to bring him down a rung or two

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18:04

107 – An unexpected king

A History of Italy ·

2021/01/12

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?

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21:39

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

A History of Italy ·

2021/01/05

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 situation in Naples and Sicily.

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24:49

105 – The battle of the Bucket (1325)

A History of Italy ·

2020/12/23

We take a look at the 1325 battle of Zappolino between Modena and her Ghibelline allies and Bologna and her Guelph ones and how, after one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Iyaian middle ages, the Modenese cam home with a bucket (and heaps of cash).

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20:49

104 – The last Sardinian Judicate (1323-1326)

A History of Italy ·

2020/12/15

After a quick recap of what was going on around Italy in 1323, we get to the Aragonese invasion of Sardinia that put a definitive end to the presence of the Republic of Pisa on the island leaving the Judicate of Arborea as the last of the old four Judicates surrounded by the new "Kingdom of Sardinia"

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19:18

103 – Catching up with Genoa (up to 1310's)

A History of Italy ·

2020/12/08

It's about time we stop ignoring poor old Genoa up in the top left-hand corner of the country and bring her up-to-date. We take a really quick race from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to Genoa in the 14th century: it's battles against Saracens, Pisans and Venitians as it fights to assert itself as a powerful maritime republic.

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