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

by Oscar Browning

22 chapters6h 43mEnglish1894

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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.)

Chapters (22)

1Ch. 1: Introduction--Frederick Barbarossa--Innocent III--Frederick II

1551

2Ch. 2: Guelphs and Ghibellines--Ezzelino da Romano--Early Venice

1504

3Ch. 3: Charles of Anjou--Manfred--Conradin--Sicilian Vespers

1497

4Ch. 4: Pisa and Genoa, Constitution of Florence--Pope Celestine V

1576

5Ch. 5: Blacks and Whites--Charles of Valois--Removal of Popes to Avignon

1257

6Ch. 6: Adolf of Nassau--Henry of Luxemburg--Venice

1490

7Ch. 7: Castruccio

1500

8Ch. 8: King John of Bohemia--Mastino della Scala, Pt. 1

1016

9Ch. 8: King John of Bohemia--Mastino della Scala, Pt. 2

671

10Ch. 9: The Duke of Athens--Joanna of Naples--Rienzi, Pt. 1

807

11Ch. 9: The Duke of Athens--Joanna of Naples--Rienzi, Pt. 2

858

12Ch. 10: The Black Death--Lewis of Hungary--Genoa and Venice--Marino Faliero, Pt. 1

953

13Ch. 10: The Black Death--Lewis of Hungary--Genoa and Venice--Marino Faliero, Pt. 2

661

14Ch. 11: The Visconti--Cardinal Albornoz--Death of Rienzi--Emperor Charles IV, Pt. 1

942

15Ch. 11: The Visconti--Cardinal Albornoz--Death of Rienzi--Emperor Charles IV, Pt. 2

776

16Ch. 12: The Mercenaries, Perugia and Siena--Florence and Pisa--Urban V, Charles IV, and Gregory XI, Pt. 1

850

17Ch. 12: The Mercenaries, Perugia and Siena--Florence and Pisa--Urban V, Charles IV, and Gregory XI, Pt. 2

1196

18Ch. 13: The Visconti--The Great Schism--Revolution of the Ciompi at Florence, Pt. 1

817

19Ch. 13: The Visconti--The Great Schism--Revolution of the Ciompi at Florence, Pt. 2

819

20Ch. 14: Queen Johanna of Naples--The War of Chioggia--The Peace of Turin

1074

21Ch. 15: Gïan Galeazzo Visconti--Ladislaus--The Council of Pisa, Pt. 1

1123

22Ch. 15: Gïan Galeazzo Visconti--Ladislaus--The Council of Pisa, Pt. 2

1268

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

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