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Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409

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Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409

by Oscar Browning

English· 06:43:26· 22 chapters
The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy Roman Empire, others joining forces with the Guelph armies of the Papacy. Mercenary captains led hired bands of soldiers of fortune. These captains sometimes became great despots, ruling the very cities that had engaged them. Florence began her ascent. The terrible Visconti dominated Milan, and Genoa established a vast trading empire, only to suffer defeat and decline when her fleet was destroyed by Venice, the Queen of the Adriatic. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Ch. 1: Introduction--Frederick Barbarossa--Innocent III--Frederick II

    25:51
  2. Chapter 2

    Ch. 2: Guelphs and Ghibellines--Ezzelino da Romano--Early Venice

    25:04
  3. Chapter 3

    Ch. 3: Charles of Anjou--Manfred--Conradin--Sicilian Vespers

    24:57
  4. Chapter 4

    Ch. 4: Pisa and Genoa, Constitution of Florence--Pope Celestine V

    26:16
  5. Chapter 5

    Ch. 5: Blacks and Whites--Charles of Valois--Removal of Popes to Avignon

    20:57
  6. Chapter 6

    Ch. 6: Adolf of Nassau--Henry of Luxemburg--Venice

    24:50
  7. Chapter 7

    Ch. 7: Castruccio

    25:00
  8. Chapter 8

    Ch. 8: King John of Bohemia--Mastino della Scala, Pt. 1

    16:56
  9. Chapter 9

    Ch. 8: King John of Bohemia--Mastino della Scala, Pt. 2

    11:11
  10. Chapter 10

    Ch. 9: The Duke of Athens--Joanna of Naples--Rienzi, Pt. 1

    13:27
  11. Chapter 11

    Ch. 9: The Duke of Athens--Joanna of Naples--Rienzi, Pt. 2

    14:18
  12. Chapter 12

    Ch. 10: The Black Death--Lewis of Hungary--Genoa and Venice--Marino Faliero, Pt. 1

    15:53
  13. Chapter 13

    Ch. 10: The Black Death--Lewis of Hungary--Genoa and Venice--Marino Faliero, Pt. 2

    11:01
  14. Chapter 14

    Ch. 11: The Visconti--Cardinal Albornoz--Death of Rienzi--Emperor Charles IV, Pt. 1

    15:42
  15. Chapter 15

    Ch. 11: The Visconti--Cardinal Albornoz--Death of Rienzi--Emperor Charles IV, Pt. 2

    12:56
  16. Chapter 16

    Ch. 12: The Mercenaries, Perugia and Siena--Florence and Pisa--Urban V, Charles IV, and Gregory XI, Pt. 1

    14:10
  17. Chapter 17

    Ch. 12: The Mercenaries, Perugia and Siena--Florence and Pisa--Urban V, Charles IV, and Gregory XI, Pt. 2

    19:56
  18. Chapter 18

    Ch. 13: The Visconti--The Great Schism--Revolution of the Ciompi at Florence, Pt. 1

    13:37
  19. Chapter 19

    Ch. 13: The Visconti--The Great Schism--Revolution of the Ciompi at Florence, Pt. 2

    13:39
  20. Chapter 20

    Ch. 14: Queen Johanna of Naples--The War of Chioggia--The Peace of Turin

    17:54
  21. Chapter 21

    Ch. 15: Gïan Galeazzo Visconti--Ladislaus--The Council of Pisa, Pt. 1

    18:43
  22. Chapter 22

    Ch. 15: Gïan Galeazzo Visconti--Ladislaus--The Council of Pisa, Pt. 2

    21:08