42.3 Portuguese Conquests in India
The Portuguese begin to seize control of the spice trade of the Indian Ocean, by a mixture of diplomacy and brute force. For King Manuel of Portugal, his new maritime empire becomes not just an end in...
9 Feb 201819min
42.2 Portuguese Discovery of India
The epic voyage of Vasco Da Gama 1497-1499, who sailed from Portugal, around the southern tip of Africa, along the eastern coast of Africa and then onto India. The discovery of a sea route from Europe...
2 Feb 201827min
42.1 Portuguese Voyages of Discovery
Portugal, having established its position in Iberia, begins to make conquests in Morocco. At the same time the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator (pictured) sponsors the beginning of a series of di...
26 Jan 201826min
41.2 Russo-Lithuanian Wars 1500-1503
Russo-Lithuanian Wars 1500-1503. Ivan III the Great (pictured) continues the expansion of Muscovy by the capture of Lithuanian territories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
29 Dec 201717min
41.1 Conquest of Novgorod by Ivan III of Moscow
Russia in the 1400's. The Conquest of Novgorod by Ivan III the Great, Grand Prince of Moscowwww.historyeurope.netwww.patreon.com/historyeurope Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
22 Dec 201724min
40.5 Battle of Fornovo 1495
King Charles VIII of France, following his conquest of Naples, heads back through Italy to France but is attacked on his way back by a combined Venetian-Milanese army. The two sides meet near the vill...
24 Nov 201718min
40.4 Charles VIII of France Invades Naples
Charles VII leads his army into Italy to invade the Kingdom of Naples. He is invited into the peninsula by Ludovico Il Moro of Milan, concerned about aggression from Naples. Ludovico had expected the ...
17 Nov 201725min
40.3 Lorenzo the Magnificent, Florence
Lorenzo il Magnifico, ruler of Florence 1469-1492. In the so-called Pazzi Conspiracy Pope Sixtus IV organises an assassination attempt on Lorenzo and his brother Giuliano. Lorenzo survives and goes on...
10 Nov 201719min
