To celebrate the A History of Italy podcast becoming a member of the Sentire Media podcast network we go back and visit with one of our personal favourites, Matilda of Canossa Margarine of Tuscany, a woman of power in a time, the late 11th century when women were not supposed to wield power.
She ruled over lands that stretched from the confines of Rome to the confines of Italy herself, keeping pace with popes and emperors and doing her duty to the very end.
022 – More mischief from Marozia
021 – Rowdy Roman Revelry: Marozia's pornocracy
020 – Annoying anarchy
019 – Feudal fun with the Franks
Special: Republic Day and an unprecedented institutional crisis
018 – A clear-up on kingdoms and back up the boot in the ninth century
017 – Some silly Syracusans, some Saracens and Sicily, plus pirates
016 – Italy after Charlemagne
Special: A load of baloney from Bologna part 2
Special: A load of baloney from Bologna Part 1
015 – A Confusing Christmas Coronation
014 – Carolingian Italy
Recap 01 Episodes 001 – 013 from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the fall of the Lombards
013 - A look at the Catholic church
Interview – Dario Pedrazzini on the Lombards
012 – Here come the Franks
011 – The Lombards' last linger in the limelight
Special: The 2018 Italian election
010 – Getting tired of living with the Lombards
009 – A crazy confusing conundrum of kings
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