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

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LibriVox recording of Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409 by Oscar Browning. Read in English by Pamela Nagami 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.) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (185MB)

Directors & creators

Oscar Browning

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Florence; manfred; mercenaries; frederick barbarossa; rienzi; black death; frederick ii; innocent iii; guelphs; ghibellines; ezzolino da romano; charles of anjou; conradin; sicilian vespers; pope celestine v; charles of valois; avignon popes; castruccio; king john of bohemia; joanna of naples; visconti; emperor charles iv; great schism; ciopi; war of chioggia; gian galleazzo visconti; doges of venice; hohenstauffin emperors

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