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Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530

Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530

by Oscar Browning

Middle Ages/Middle History
32 chapters8h 28mEnglish1895

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Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary companies and multinational armies who fought in the service of city states, monarchs, and the Pope. Some like Ludovico Sforza in Milan seized power and founded dynasties in their own right. The merchant princes of the Medici family reached their apogee in Lorenzo the Magnificent in Florence, but faltered in the Papacy; Leo X proved no match for Martin Luther and Clement VII was powerless to avert the sack of Rome in 1527. Venice lost her overseas empire to the Turks, while proud King Francis I, defeated by the Emperor Charles and a prisoner in Madrid, was eventually forced to relinquish all hope of Italian conquest. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Chapters (32)

1Ch. 1: Retrospect and Prospect, Pt. 1
983
2Ch. 1: Retrospect and Prospect, Pt. 2
675
3Ch. 2: Joanna of Naples--Muzio Sforza--Braccio da Montone and Carmagnola, Pt. 1
970
4Ch. 2: Joanna of Naples--Muzio Sforza--Braccio da Montone and Carmagnola, Pt. 2
1112
5Ch. 3: The Emperor Sigismund--Pope Eugenius IV--The Rise of the Medici--Alfonso of Arragon, Pt. 1
962
6Ch. 3: The Emperor Sigismund--Pope Eugenius IV--The Rise of the Medici--Alfonso of Arragon, Pt. 2
1246
7Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 1
960
8Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 2
699
9Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 3
1105
10Ch. 5: Cosimo dei Medici--Paul II, Pt. 1
851
11Ch. 5: Cosimo dei Medici--Paul II, Pt. 2
1090
12Ch. 6: The Turks in Europe, Pt. 1
908
13Ch. 6: The Turks in Europe, Pt. 2
923
14Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 1
922
15Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 2
710
16Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 3
1096
17Ch. 8: Charles VIII in Italy, Pt. 1
1022
18Ch. 8: Charles VIII in Italy, Pt. 2
1189
19Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 1
644
20Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 2
751
21Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 3
871
22Ch. 10: Pope Alexander VI, Pt. 1
1022
23Ch. 10: Pope Alexander VI, Pt. 2
1108
24Ch. 11: Pope Julius II, Pt. 1
1129
25Ch. 11: Pope Julius II, Pt. 2
1104
26Ch. 12: Leo X, Pt. 1
1001
27Ch. 12: Leo X, Pt. 2
1083
28Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 1
753
29Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 2
776
30Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 3
1129
31Ch. 14: The Fall of Florence, Pt. 1
737
32Ch. 14: The Fall of Florence, Pt. 2
955

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