
Special: 25th April Liberation
A special episode for the 75th anniversary of the liberation from Nazi and Fascist occupationMentioned in this episode:Listen Vivacefollow @VivaceMediaNetwork A life well lived is never finished. Ther...
25 Apr 202017min

085 – The war of the Sicilian Vespers gets confusing
1285 - 1302 The War of the Italian Vespers gets quite confusing, but in the end finally leads to the Peace of Calbelotta in 1302 in which the island of Sicily is separated from the rest of the kingdom...
17 Apr 202017min

084 – The war of the Sicilian Vespers
1282 - 1285 The start of the War of the Sicilian Vespers and a strange duel to attempt to put an end to it.Mentioned in this episode:Listen Vivacefollow @VivaceMediaNetwork A life well lived is never ...
10 Apr 202021min

083 – Who are these Aragonese anyway? With David Cot of "The History of Spain"
Before going into the war of the Italian Vespers, we get some help from David Cot of "The History of Spain" podcast to bring us u to date on the kingdom of Aragon and Peter III and his sons.Mentioned ...
2 Apr 202019min

082 – Charles in charge and the Sicilian Vespers
1266-1282 Charles of Anjou settles down to govern his new kingdom... and make a mess if it, provoking the rebellion of the Sicilian Vespers.Mentioned in this episode:Listen Vivacefollow @VivaceMediaNe...
27 Mar 202019min

081 – The last stand of the house of Staufen with guest host Marco Cappelli
Marco Cappelli tells us about the last stand of Conradine of Hohenstauen at the battle that took place near Marco's home town Tagliacozzo.Mentioned in this episode:Listen Vivacefollow @VivaceMediaNetw...
19 Mar 202020min

080 – Frederick II's boys and here come the French
1250 - 1266 We take a look at what happened to the sons of Frederick II, Conrad, Henry and Manfredi. In the case of Manfredi we see his rise to influence over almost all of Italy before it all came cr...
13 Mar 202017min

079 – The Prisoner King and the rest of Frederick II's boys
1248 -1272 We start taking a look at how things progressed after the death of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, starting with his son Enzo, who fell prisoner to the Coomune of Bologna, giving rise to a...
5 Mar 202019min



















