Crossover: Colombus and Genoa with the History of North America
The famous/notorious Italian explorer and the city of his birth in this interview with Mark Vinet of the "History of North America podcast
23 Maalis 202145min
Interview: Jennifer Anton, author of "Under the Light of the Italian Moon"
We had a great chat with Jennifer Anton, author of the novel "Under the Light of the Italian Moon"
8 Maalis 202139min
111 – Joanna of Naples, teenage queen with a boring husband (1326 – 1345)
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...
2 Maalis 202124min
110 – Cola fizzes and goes flat (1347 – 1354)
After his great rise to power in Rome, we see Cola di Rienzo crash and burn... literally
17 Helmi 202124min
109 – Popeless Rome and the rise of Cola (not the drink)
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 hi...
10 Helmi 202126min
Fill-in episode – 2021 Italian government crisis
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
7 Helmi 202114min
108 – Italians against stairs
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
19 Tammi 202122min
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 abl...
12 Tammi 202119min
