Casanova Part 9. Giacomo in Paris
1750. The dream is over. The love of his life has gone. Casanova picks up the pieces and, after a pause to reflect, heads for Paris. But in sophisticated French high society, our smooth-tongued, charm...
4 Jun 56min
Art and Culture 08. Pin Floi
It’s an unexpected change of direction for us this week. We’ll explain why in the episode. Stand by for a Venetian story of music, spectacle, and poor decision-making, as we explain what on earth “Pin...
22 Mai 45min
061. Booty Call
Today we want to try to understand what kind of place Venice was as the 13th century dawned; how much it had changed in the hundred years since we last took a close look at it, back in Episode 31; and...
15 Mai 56min
060. Top Doge (12th Century)
Sebastiano Ziani and Enrico Dandolo battle it out for our vote as the Top Doge of the 12th Century. Find out who we pick and tell us whether you agree. Email us at histvenicepod@gmail.com, or find us ...
6 Mai 41min
059. Did that just happen?
We're away on holiday this week, so there's no time to research and write a normal episode. So we've quickly rounded up what eventually happened to most of the characters we've been following on the C...
29 Apr 1h
058. Putting Humpty Together Again
The Crusade was over. The Crusaders had won. They had pushed Humpty Dumpty off the wall, and now they were the kings of all the broken pieces. If this had been their plan all along, then whoever was r...
22 Apr 40min
057. The View from Constantinople
We're joined by two very special guests this week to discuss what the Fourth Crusade looks like from the perspective of Constantinople. Marco Cappelli from Storia d'Italia podcast and Robin Pierson fr...
15 Apr 1h 32min
056. Downfall
April 1204. Constantinople. The story of this ridiculous crusade finally reaches its climax. You probably know how it ends, but for the participants the peril is off the scale as both sides fight for ...
8 Apr 44min
