161 - The Italian wars 1: setting up and setting off

161 - The Italian wars 1: setting up and setting off

We look at the background to the expedition by King Charles VIII of France into Italy to claim the throne of Naples. This takes us to explore the situation i Milan, with Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza and his uncle Ludovico il Moro, then to Naples, where king Alphonse II has just succeeded his father Ferrante. We see the diplomatic and military preparation that once again sees the Italian powers, Milan, Venice, Florence, the Papal States and Naples have to decide which side to line up on, with the novelty of the most powerful army in Europe heading into the peninsula.This is the start of the Italian Wars, the conflict that really took Europe into the Modern Age.

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F100: 01 What is Fascism?

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113 – The definitive death of communal Milan (1339 – 1354)

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112 – Queen Joanna of Naples (1345 – 1382)

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Interview: Jennifer Anton, author of "Under the Light of the Italian Moon"

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111 – Joanna of Naples, teenage queen with a boring husband (1326 – 1345)

111 – Joanna of Naples, teenage queen with a boring husband (1326 – 1345)

the rise to the throne of Joanna of Naples, from her marriage at a young age to Andrew. son of the Angevine king of Hungary to her coronation as a teenager after the death of her grandfather Robert of Naples. We will see how her joyful, lively character clashed with that of her husband as complications rose in the kingdom around them, reaching dire consequqnces.

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