A chance visit to the beautiful Ligurian town of Porto Venere, staying in a 900 year-old tower, Torre Capitolare (https://www.capitolare.com/) gave us the opportunity to meet not only with medieval history, the Republic of Genoa and Pisa, the Castle of the Doria, but also with the Romantic ports: Byron, Keats, Percy Shelly and the great Mary Shelly, author of the novel "Frankenstein".
Thanks to our partner, Explore Worldwide (Exlore Worldwide) we have the opportunity to share with you the unforgettable trip and follow in the footsteps of the literary greats, from their memorable story-telling stormy night on the shores of Lake Geneva, to Tuscany, Liguria, Ravenna, Venice and Rome.
Love, death passion, lots of animals and lots of sex... you'll find it all in this special episode.
023 – Here come the Ottonians
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
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