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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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24:11

090 – Twilight of the Sardinian Judicates

A History of Italy ·

2020/06/12

Before finally getting on to the 14th century, we see how the end of the 13th marked the beginning of the end of the Sardinian Judicates, before of course going back to look at what they actually were.

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21:20

089 – The "cannibal" count – an example of late 13th...

A History of Italy ·

2020/06/04

the politics of late 13th century Pisa as an example of the general situation in the communes as well as touching on Sardinia.

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18:19

088 – Twilight of the communes

A History of Italy ·

2020/05/16

Before saying goodbye to the 13th century, we take a quick tour of the peninsula to tie up some loose ends, such as the maritime, republics, Piedmont and the situation with the communes.

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20:17

087 – Marco Polo part 2

A History of Italy ·

2020/05/09

Marco Polo finally leaves on his great voyage which will take him to the ends of the known earth to meet a whole series of different cultures to then come back to Venice and live though one of the republic's most dangerous moments

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18:15

086 – Marco Polo part 1

A History of Italy ·

2020/04/30

In this first episode on the 13th century explorer Marco Polo we look at some background on Venice at his time and his family as well as introducing the figure of the Great Khan Kublai.

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17:12

Special: 25th April Liberation

A History of Italy ·

2020/04/25

A special episode for the 75th anniversary of the liberation from Nazi and Fascist occupation

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17:30

085 – The war of the Sicilian Vespers gets confusing

A History of Italy ·

2020/04/17

1285 - 1302 The War of the Italian Vespers gets quite confusing, but in the end finally leads to the Peace of Calbelotta in 1302 in which the island of Sicily is separated from the rest of the kingdom.

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21:01

084 – The war of the Sicilian Vespers

A History of Italy ·

2020/04/10

1282 - 1285 The start of the War of the Sicilian Vespers and a strange duel to attempt to put an end to it.

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19:40

083 – Who are these Aragonese anyway? With David Cot...

A History of Italy ·

2020/04/02

Before going into the war of the Italian Vespers, we get some help from David Cot of "The History of Spain" podcast to bring us u to date on the kingdom of Aragon and Peter III and his sons.

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19:12

082 – Charles in charge and the Sicilian Vespers

A History of Italy ·

2020/03/27

1266-1282 Charles of Anjou settles down to govern his new kingdom... and make a mess if it, provoking the rebellion of the Sicilian Vespers.

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20:38

081 – The last stand of the house of Staufen with...

A History of Italy ·

2020/03/19

Marco Cappelli tells us about the last stand of Conradine of Hohenstauen at the battle that took place near Marco's home town Tagliacozzo.

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17:15

080 – Frederick II's boys and here come the French

A History of Italy ·

2020/03/13

1250 - 1266 We take a look at what happened to the sons of Frederick II, Conrad, Henry and Manfredi. In the case of Manfredi we see his rise to influence over almost all of Italy before it all came crashing down with the invasion of Charles of Anjou.

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19:03

079 – The Prisoner King and the rest of Frederick...

A History of Italy ·

2020/03/05

1248 -1272 We start taking a look at how things progressed after the death of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, starting with his son Enzo, who fell prisoner to the Coomune of Bologna, giving rise to a whole series of legends

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20:38

078 – The Golden age of communes

A History of Italy ·

2020/02/27

We take a look at some of the factors that made the 13th century the golden age of the communes such as trade and finance as the consular communes transformed into popular communes as early signs of the coming era of the "signorie" loomed.

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19:21

077 – The situation in the 13th century and revenge...

A History of Italy ·

2020/02/20

We take a look at how our communes are evolving in the 13th century with the whole messy Guelphs and Ghibellines business and have a look at the legend of how the factions were formed in Florence with the tragic tale of Buondelmonte dei Buondelmonti, a real soap opera, Florentine style.

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16:10

Recap 04: Episodes 051 – 076 from the Concordat of...

A History of Italy ·

2020/02/11

We stop for our usual recap to look back over episodes 051 to 076 going from the Concordat of Worms in 1122 to the death of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, with a look at the rise of the Commune city states and the maritime republics, Venice in particular.

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37:02

076 – St. Francis of Assisi

A History of Italy ·

2020/02/06

We look at the life and ideas of one of the most famous and influential figures in religious and non religious history, a young man who deemed of being a great soldier, who became one of the greatest champions of peace.

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20:49

075 – Heresies and the Inquisition

A History of Italy ·

2020/01/21

We take a break to look at the increase in heretical ideas and movement in the 12th and 13th centuries such as the Cathars and Waldensians and how the church decided to dea with the rising tide of critical opposition to it.

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20:51

074 – Goodbye Freddie II

A History of Italy ·

2020/01/14

We see the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II to its end as he faces off with Gregory IX and then Innocent IV, all the while dealing with the ever rebellious communes of northern Italy in their continuous struggle between pro-imperial Ghibellines and pro-papal Guelphs, up to the Battle of Parma in 1247.

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18:25

073 – Frederick II stupor mundi (and a bit naughty)

A History of Italy ·

2020/01/08

1231 - 1237 We take a moment to look more into the provate life of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and see how his court, as well as seeing a little naughtiness going on, was a cradle of culture and science. We than deal with a rebellion by his first born son Henry before we see a rematch of Empire vs Lombard League.

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