Interview – Dario Pedrazzini on the Lombards
An interview with Dario Pedrazzini on the daily lives of the Lombards at the time of king Rothari from his book on the topic
28 Mar 201818min
012 – Here come the Franks
771-774 The Franks make their definitive entrance into Italy and the existence of the Lombard kingdom hangs in the balance. We take a look at how the events really went and then go back, following the story of Alessandro Manzoni's "Adlechi" to see a juicier version of the events.
21 Mar 201817min
Special: The 2018 Italian election
An explanation and recap of the 2018 Italian election
7 Mar 201824min
010 – Getting tired of living with the Lombards
712 - 744 Liutprand, one of the top 3 Lombard kings and his successors, Ratchis and Aistulf with the pope becoming more of a player and the Franks looming as ever
28 Feb 201820min
009 – A crazy confusing conundrum of kings
652-712 From the death of Rothari through a series of kings to the reign of Ansprand in 712 as usual with some Franks and Byzantines thrown in
21 Feb 201817min
008 – The Lombards get comfy and some laws
590 - 643 The end of the reign of Agilulf, through Adaloald and Airport through to Rothari and his historical edict
14 Feb 201820min
007 – Living with the Lombards
575-589 The Lombards start to settle down and get to know the neighbourhood and the troublesome neighbours as they go through an interregnum of the Dukes before they get back to electing a king and bashing the Byzantines
7 Feb 201820min
