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

Number of Chapters: 22

Length: 06 hours and 43 minutes

Language: English

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.)

Ch. 1: Introduction--Frederick Barbarossa--Innocent III--Frederick II (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 2: Guelphs and Ghibellines--Ezzelino da Romano--Early Venice (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 3: Charles of Anjou--Manfred--Conradin--Sicilian Vespers (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 4: Pisa and Genoa, Constitution of Florence--Pope Celestine V (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 5: Blacks and Whites--Charles of Valois--Removal of Popes to Avignon (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 6: Adolf of Nassau--Henry of Luxemburg--Venice (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 7: Castruccio (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 8: King John of Bohemia--Mastino della Scala, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 8: King John of Bohemia--Mastino della Scala, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 9: The Duke of Athens--Joanna of Naples--Rienzi, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)

Ch. 9: The Duke of Athens--Joanna of Naples--Rienzi, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ch. 14: Queen Johanna of Naples--The War of Chioggia--The Peace of Turin (Pamela Nagami)

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

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

The audiobook Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409 falls under the genres of Middle Ages/middle History. It is written by Oscar Browning.

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