A History of Italy
Join history buff, Mike Corradi on a journey through time as he unfolds the rich tapestry of the Italian peninsula's history. This chronological story starts with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and leads you through the most iconic events, influential figures, and cultural milestones that have shaped Italy into what we see today. It’s all serious stuff, but we do take time to stop and laugh at battles over a bucket, rude names, naughty priests and popes, rabbits winning sieges, doves w...
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Episodes (307)
176 - Cesare the conqueror (1499 - 1500)
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175 - The Italian Wars 7 - Milan under threat (1499)
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174 - The last stand of the tigress - Caterina Sforza part IV (1499 - 1509)
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173 - The roar of tigress - Caterina Sforza part III (1488 - 1499)
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The Tigress in her Den - Caterina Sforza part II (1481 - 1488)
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171 - The Tigress rising: Caterina Sforza part 1 (1464 - 1481)
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170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua
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Special: Republic Day 2024
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169 - The Italian Wars 6 - round 1 aftermath, the north
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168 - The Italian war 5 - round 1 aftermath - the south and centre
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167 - The Italian Wars 4 - Charles has left the building (1495 - 1498)
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166 - The Italian Wars 3 - finally Naples… for a bit (1495)
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Special - The Gulf of poets: Byron, Keats and Shelly in Italy
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165 - The Borgias are the bosses (1492 - 1497)
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Special - Lucrezia Borgia
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Special - Caterina of Siena
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Special - Matilde di Canossa
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164 - The rise of the Borgias
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6th Anniversary episode - Best of the sketches
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Interview on the Aldo Moro Affair with Simon Gaul, Author of "White Suicide"
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163 - The rise and Fall of Gerolamo Savonarola
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162 - The Italian wars 2- opening hostilities and the Medici get kicked out
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161 - The Italian wars 1: setting up and setting off
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Recap 07 - Episodes 139 to 160
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Special: 9th October 1963 - Vajont, a man-made natural disaster
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Quick annoucement - demolition work in progress
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160 - Federico Da Montefeltro and bits getting cut off
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Summer announcement - listen even if you haven't cought up
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159 - Life, death and sex in the middle ages
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158 - The Este of Ferrara
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Interview: Artemisia Gentileschi with Lori from "Her Half of History"
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25th April - Liberation
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157 - Venice out of the middle ages and into uncertainty (1454 - 1492)
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156 - Venice tangles with the Turks and messes with Milan (1416 - 1454)
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155 - Venice has trouble with the neighbours (1400 - 1416)
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154 Trentino Alto Adige (up to 1509)
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153 - The assassination of Galeazzo Maria and the Moore takes control (1468 - 14...
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152 - Duke Francesco Sforza and his sex-crazed son (1450 - 1568)
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151 - Milan from Visconti to Sforza (1447 - 1450)
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5th anniversary
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150 - Decline of the Savoy and the Holy Shroud of Turin (1451 - 1490)
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149 The Genoa of Columbus (1442 - 1492)
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148 - Peak and twilight of the Magnificent (1478 - 1492)
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147 - The conpiracy of the crazies (1476 - 1478)
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Interview with Philippa Gregory on Maria Beatrice D'Este
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Halloween special: Azzurrina, the ghost of Montebello
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F100: 04 The March on Rome
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146 - Lorenzo vs Sixtus and America's beautiful cousin (1471 - 1476)
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145 - Fleeting youth, Lorenzo de Medici's early years (1468 - 1471)
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144 - A sickly father, a magnificent mother amd balls (1464 - 1468)
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