A History of Italy

A History of Italy


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182 - Cesare Borgia: Betrayal and vengeance (1502 - 1503)
December 10, 2024

People in Italy are getting very nervous about Cesare Borgia's successes, at times reached with treachery, and some of the unhappy party are actually Il Valentino's captains. When rebellion breaks out they see their chance and jump on the bandwagon. Howev

Autumn 2024 update - episode, sketches, Italian schools and politics
December 04, 2024

Just a quick update to apologise for a publishing delay and tell you a little about our sketches, the Italian school system and the current political situation in Italy

181 - Cesare Borgia flying high (1501 - 1502)
November 19, 2024

After doing his part for the French in the second Italian War Cesare Borgia heads back to Rome to concur with his father pope Alexander VI. They take care of some internal business with the Colonna, Orsini and Savelli and Cesare takes some time to kill so

180 - The Challenge of Barletta (1503)
November 05, 2024

We first follow the life of the military captain Ettore Fieramosca (Hector Proudfly) and his troubled love story with Ginvenra da Monreale which ended tragically after the intervention of Cesare Borgia.We then move to the lead up and action to one of the

179 - Italian Wars 9: The Fall of Naples and France vs Spain
October 22, 2024

Naples once again falls to the French of king Luis XII, but once again they can't hold on to it for long as the delicate agreement with the Spanish of Queen Isabella and king Ferdinand quickly melts away and the legendary general Gonzalo De Cordoba manage

178 New triumphs for Cesare and Naples under three (again) 1500 - 1501
October 08, 2024

We follow Cesare Borgia as he continues his conquest ousting Giovanni Sforza from Pesaro, Pandolfo Malatesta from Rimini and Astorre Manfredi from Faenza. We are also introduced to one of his most important generals, Vitelozzo Vitelli and his vengeful hat

177 - Italian Wars 8 - Il Moro back in Milan… for a bit (1500 - 1508)
September 24, 2024

With the French hold on Milan looking weak, Ludovico il Moro sees his chance to take his duchy back, but only manages for a while before he is defeated at the Battle of Novara, made prisoner and taken to France where he will spend the rest of his days in

176 - Cesare the conqueror (1499 - 1500)
September 10, 2024

As we set the scene for the start of Cesare Borgia's military campaign, we start to observe the ominous signs of what is to come in Rome with the arbitrary accusation and confiscations of the Roman nobility. Then we go exploring to see what we intend with

175 - The Italian Wars 7 - Milan under threat (1499)
August 27, 2024

King Louis XII prepares to descend upon Milan to stake his claim to the duchy. Before he sees out he needs to make deals with England, The Swiss and the Italian powers, Savoy and Ve3nice.Meanwhile, duke Ludovico il Moro is also preparing and doing a real

174 - The last stand of the tigress - Caterina Sforza part IV (1499 - 1509)
August 13, 2024

We follow the last stand of Caterina Sforza as the French once again descend upon Italy with king Louis XII and Cesare Borgia, made representative of Romagna by his father Pope Alexander VI, closes in on the lands of Caterina as she prepares for her last