161 - The Italian wars 1: setting up and setting off
A History of Italy14 Marras 2023

161 - The Italian wars 1: setting up and setting off

We look at the background to the expedition by King Charles VIII of France into Italy to claim the throne of Naples. This takes us to explore the situation i Milan, with Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza and his uncle Ludovico il Moro, then to Naples, where king Alphonse II has just succeeded his father Ferrante. We see the diplomatic and military preparation that once again sees the Italian powers, Milan, Venice, Florence, the Papal States and Naples have to decide which side to line up on, with the novelty of the most powerful army in Europe heading into the peninsula.This is the start of the Italian Wars, the conflict that really took Europe into the Modern Age.

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Anti-mafia martyrs: Giovanni Falcone

Anti-mafia martyrs: Giovanni Falcone

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 investigati...

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

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

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

18 Touko 202123min

F100: 01 What is Fascism?

F100: 01 What is Fascism?

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15 Touko 202131min

Coming soon: Fascism 100

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11 Touko 20216min

Special: The Aldo Moro assassination with Lorenzo Paluan

Special: The Aldo Moro assassination with Lorenzo Paluan

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

9 Touko 202140min

113 – The definitive death of communal Milan (1339 – 1354)

113 – The definitive death of communal Milan (1339 – 1354)

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

5 Touko 202125min

112 – Queen Joanna of Naples (1345 – 1382)

112 – Queen Joanna of Naples (1345 – 1382)

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 set...

30 Maalis 202121min

Crossover: Colombus and Genoa with the History of North America

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

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