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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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16:04

014 – Carolingian Italy

A History of Italy ·

2018/04/11

We have a look at the system that Charlemagne set up in Italy, the administration, the economy and the educational reform

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13:38

Recap 01 Episodes 001 – 013 from the fall of the...

A History of Italy ·

2018/04/04

A recap of the first thirteen episodes that acts as a refresher before we move on to the Carolingian reign in Italy and the growing power of the papcy and the Holy Roman Empire

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17:05

013 - A look at the Catholic church

A History of Italy ·

2018/03/28

We take a look back at the Catholic church as it's role in Italy increases with the arrival of the Franks.

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17:04

Interview – Dario Pedrazzini on the Lombards

A History of Italy ·

2018/03/28

An interview with Dario Pedrazzini on the daily lives of the Lombards at the time of king Rothari from his book on the topic

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15:57

012 – Here come the Franks

A History of Italy ·

2018/03/21

771-774 The Franks make their definitive entrance into Italy and the existence of the Lombard kingdom hangs in the balance. We take a look at how the events really went and then go back, following the story of Alessandro Manzoni's "Adlechi" to see a juicier version of the events.

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15:22

011 – The Lombards' last linger in the limelight

A History of Italy ·

2018/03/14

744 - 770 From the endow the reign of Aistulf in 756 to the hight of power of king Desiderius, who by 770 gad taken the Lombards to their maximum expansion and influence

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23:10

Special: The 2018 Italian election

A History of Italy ·

2018/03/07

An explanation and recap of the 2018 Italian election

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19:31

010 – Getting tired of living with the Lombards

A History of Italy ·

2018/02/28

712 - 744 Liutprand, one of the top 3 Lombard kings and his successors, Ratchis and Aistulf with the pope becoming more of a player and the Franks looming as ever

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16:28

009 – A crazy confusing conundrum of kings

A History of Italy ·

2018/02/21

652-712 From the death of Rothari through a series of kings to the reign of Ansprand in 712 as usual with some Franks and Byzantines thrown in

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18:58

008 – The Lombards get comfy and some laws

A History of Italy ·

2018/02/14

590 - 643 The end of the reign of Agilulf, through Adaloald and Airport through to Rothari and his historical edict

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19:33

007 – Living with the Lombards

A History of Italy ·

2018/02/07

575-589 The Lombards start to settle down and get to know the neighbourhood and the troublesome neighbours as they go through an interregnum of the Dukes before they get back to electing a king and bashing the Byzantines

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18:36

006 – Here come the Lombards

A History of Italy ·

2018/01/31

555-574 A quick look at the brief period of Byzantine rule before the arrival of the Lombards in 568 and then we look at their invasion of Italy and hear a bit of juicy royal gossip

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19:28

005 – The Gothic War continues

A History of Italy ·

2018/01/24

540-554 The war between the Ostrogoths in Italy and the imperial forces of Byzantium continues from 540 and reaches it's end in 552

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17:30

004 – Queen Amalasuntha and Byztantium gets annoyed

A History of Italy ·

2018/01/17

526-540 From the death of Theodoric the great in 526, through the regency of his daughter Amalasuntha, to the end of the first phase of the Gothic war in 540

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18:56

003 – Theodoric and the rise and fall of the...

A History of Italy ·

2018/01/10

493-526 From 493 when Theodoric the Great took contro of the Italian peninsula to his death in 526

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17:04

002 – The new Italian kingdom from Odoacer to Theodoric

A History of Italy ·

2018/01/03

476-493 The Italian kingdom of Odoacer (476 – 493) and the takeover by the Goths of Theodoric the Great

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22:48

001 – The end of the end and the beginning of the...

A History of Italy ·

2018/01/03

410-476 We go back before the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 to focus on three key events and names: Alaric, Attila and Odoacer.

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08:46

000 – Launch

A History of Italy ·

2017/10/06

This is our launch episode in which we outline the content and intentions foe the podcast

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01:30

Trailer

A History of Italy ·

2017/10/01

A short presentation of the show

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