177 - Italian Wars 8 - Il Moro back in Milan… for a bit (1500 - 1508)
With the French hold on Milan looking weak, Ludovico il Moro sees his chance to take his duchy back, but only manages for a while before he is defeated at the Battle of Novara, made prisoner and taken...
24 Sep 202417min
176 - Cesare the conqueror (1499 - 1500)
As we set the scene for the start of Cesare Borgia's military campaign, we start to observe the ominous signs of what is to come in Rome with the arbitrary accusation and confiscations of the Roman no...
10 Sep 202419min
175 - The Italian Wars 7 - Milan under threat (1499)
King Louis XII prepares to descend upon Milan to stake his claim to the duchy. Before he sees out he needs to make deals with England, The Swiss and the Italian powers, Savoy and Ve3nice.Meanwhile, d...
27 Aug 202416min
174 - The last stand of the tigress - Caterina Sforza part IV (1499 - 1509)
We follow the last stand of Caterina Sforza as the French once again descend upon Italy with king Louis XII and Cesare Borgia, made representative of Romagna by his father Pope Alexander VI, closes in...
13 Aug 202421min
173 - The roar of tigress - Caterina Sforza part III (1488 - 1499)
After the assassination of her husband Girolamo Riario, Caterina is in full control as regent for her son, Ottaviano Riario.She has to navigate regional issues in Romagna, another assassination in Fae...
30 Jul 202415min
The Tigress in her Den - Caterina Sforza part II (1481 - 1488)
After settling in to their new signoria, Caterina Sforza and her husband Girolamo Riario have to deal with continuous plots, the War of Ferrara and the death of uncle pope Sixtus IV. After that Cateri...
16 Jul 202419min
171 - The Tigress rising: Caterina Sforza part 1 (1464 - 1481)
We look at the early years of the woman who would come to be known as "The Tigress of Forlì", Caterina Sforza starting with her youth at the court of her father, duke of Milan Galeazzo Maria.We then m...
2 Jul 202420min
170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua
Having met Francesco II Gonzaga, at the battle of Fornovo, we take some time to go back and have a look at the beautiful city of Mantua from its legendary origins, surrounded by lakes created by the t...
18 Jun 202421min
