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

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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008 – The Lombards get comfy and some laws

008 – The Lombards get comfy and some laws

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

14 Feb 201820min

007 – Living with the Lombards

007 – Living with the Lombards

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

7 Feb 201820min

006 – Here come the Lombards

006 – Here come the Lombards

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

31 Jan 201819min

005 – The Gothic War continues

005 – The Gothic War continues

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

24 Jan 201820min

004 – Queen Amalasuntha and Byztantium gets annoyed

004 – Queen Amalasuntha and Byztantium gets annoyed

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

17 Jan 201818min

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

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

10 Jan 201820min

002 – The new Italian kingdom from Odoacer to Theodoric

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

3 Jan 201818min

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

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 tours:Exlore Worldwide

3 Jan 201822min

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