A History of Italy11 Helmi 2025

184 - Julius II: Warrior pope rising (1503 - 1508)

Giuliano della Rovere, after trying for more than a decade, finally manages to become pope Julius II in 1503. He gets to work breaking the last resistance of Cesare Borgia, then has to sort out his Papal States, gobbled up by Venice in the north with a whole series of local lords taking back power.

In all of this, the pope calls in a special decorator to do some touch up work in the Sistine chapel, a certain Michelangelo Buonarroti.

In the sketch we imagine the conversation between the two.

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

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003 – Theodoric and the rise and fall of the Ostrogoth kingdom

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

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002 – The new Italian kingdom from Odoacer to Theodoric

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

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001 – The end of the end and the beginning of the beginning (408 - 476)

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.Presented by our partner Explore Worldwide, check out their tou...

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