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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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20:41

056 – Communal growing pains, an English pope and...

A History of Italy ·

2019/07/23

The communes start to feel they need some admin changes. We go from pope Eugene III through an Anastasius for a bit to the major hitter Hadrian IV. All the while Frederick Barbarossa starts to come into play

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13:28

Fill in episode – Women's world cup and how offsides...

A History of Italy ·

2019/07/12

While still doing a little dillying and a touch of dallying, we take a moment to look at the recent Women's Fifa soccer world cup and relive some soccer memories from the great state of Virginia.

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15:43

Fill-in episode – A trip to Puglia and listener...

A History of Italy ·

2019/07/03

While waiting to get back on track, we take a virtual trip to Puglia and answer some listener questions and comments

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18:04

055 – A new Roman Republic and a kind-of crusade

A History of Italy ·

2019/06/13

1143 - 1147 n the first half of the 12th century, with communes popping up like mushrooms, Rome wasn't just gonna sit back and let them have all the fun. However, if there's something about Rome, it's that there is always a pope around.

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21:30

054 – A troubled new kingdom and cantankerous communes

A History of Italy ·

2019/06/07

1130 - 1143 We accompany Duke Roger of Sicily, Puglia and Calabria in his attempt to set up a kingdom before we take a look around our spanking new communes.

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22:14

053 – Guelfs, Ghibellines and Normans with big ideas

A History of Italy ·

2019/05/29

1122 - 1130 We finally get back to the chronological narration of Italian history, popping in to see a new Holy Roman Emperor, a new pope, or couple of popes and catch up with the ambitious Normans

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20:07

052 – A wander around in the early 12th century

A History of Italy ·

2019/05/21

Having set up the start of the communes, we take a look at what it would be like to wander around an Italian city in the early 12th century

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20:01

051 – Communes rising

A History of Italy ·

2019/05/14

We take a look at how a new form of local government, the Communes rose and gained their independence from the feudal powers that be,

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23:44

Recap 03: Episodes 28 – 50 from the year 1000 to the...

A History of Italy ·

2019/05/01

Using th concordat of Worms as a stopping point, we look back over th episodes that cover from the year 1000 to the end of the investiture crisis in 1122.

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20:34

050 – Arrivederci Arabs, the Emirate of Sicily part 2

A History of Italy ·

2019/04/22

We see the golden age of Muslim Sicily under the Fatimids and Kalbids before everything comes crashing down to to interval division and outside forces.

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19:06

049 – Arrivederci Arabs, the Emirate of Sicily part 1

A History of Italy ·

2019/04/15

We take a look back at the Arab invasione of Sicily starting with the early raids in the seventh century, through the invasion of 827 up to the fall of the Aghlabids in the early tenth century.

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21:29

048 – Bye bye Byzantines -The end of Byzantine Italy...

A History of Italy ·

2019/04/01

In the second part of this miniseries we go from the time of king Rotari of the Lombards at the end of the seventh century to the fall of Bai and the end of the Byzantine presence in Italy.

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23:08

047 – Bye bye Byzantines – The end of Byzantine Italy...

A History of Italy ·

2019/03/20

We take a look back at the Byzantine presence in Italy, from the Gothic War in 535 up to the start of the seventh century.

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28:09

046 – Matilda of Tuscany, the iron countess of...

A History of Italy ·

2019/03/05

We continue the story of Matilda of Canossa as war breaks out with Emperor Henry IV. We then see yet another failed attempt at marriage, the end of the fight against Henry IV and how things went with his son and successor, Henry V while alone she tan one of the largest areas in Italy.

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21:34

045 – Matilda of Tuscany, the iron countess of...

A History of Italy ·

2019/02/25

1046 - 1080 We look at the life of Matilda of Canossa, starting from the history of her family through her childhood, the humiliation of Canossa and to the start of the war against Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.

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24:07

044 – Goodbye Henry, goodbye Matilda and a can of worms

A History of Italy ·

2019/02/16

We see how Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV ended up, as well as his long-term nemesis Matilda of Tuscany, countess of Canossa. Meanwhile we change couple of popes and get a new Emperor, yet another Henry as he also struggles with a couple of popes on their way to the concordat of Worms.

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32:29

Interview – The massacre of the Foibe and the Italian...

A History of Italy ·

2019/02/10

On the "giornata del ricordo", a commemoration to remember the victims of the Massacre of the Foibe in Istria and Venezia Giulia in 1943 and 1945, we talk to Roberta Alessandra Belulovich, an Istria Italian about her family history and the Istrian question.

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22:18

043 – A crusading we will go

A History of Italy ·

2019/02/04

1095 - 1099 We see how Urban II took the investiture controversy to a whole different level and scored major PR points for the papacy with the first crusade.

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19:06

Special: Italy's role in the holocaust

A History of Italy ·

2019/01/28

To commemorate Holocaust remembrance day, we look at Italy's role in the tragedy, from the initial indifference to the Jews in Italy, to the racial laws of 1938 and the deportations and killings of the war period.

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17:19

042 – An "Urban" pope and an imperial soap opera

A History of Italy ·

2019/01/20

1087 - 1095 We follow the start of one of the most famous papacies in history, that of Urban II and his fight against Henry IV alongside the countess Matilda of Canossa as things get personal, while the Normans try to sort themselves out after the death of Robert Guiscard.

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