Charles VIII of France finally managed to get to Naples, but doesn't hang around long, the players on the Italian scene feel he has worn out his welcome and Venice, Milan, the pope, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian and Ferdinand II of Spain band together in the Holy league to threaten France.
Things kick off in the south with the new king of Naples Ferrandino ready to fight back supported by the Spanish and in the north the Milanese and Venetians lay siege to the French in Novara.
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096 – Florence goes black and white and Dante gets involved
095 – Young Dante Alighieri and Florence
094 – Naples vs Sicily
093 – A change of scenery for the papacy and an anachronistic emperor
092 – Boniface VIII peaks and crashes
091 – Boniface VIII on the scene
090 – Twilight of the Sardinian Judicates
089 – The "cannibal" count – an example of late 13th century Italian politics
088 – Twilight of the communes
087 – Marco Polo part 2
086 – Marco Polo part 1
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085 – The war of the Sicilian Vespers gets confusing
084 – The war of the Sicilian Vespers
083 – Who are these Aragonese anyway? With David Cot of "The History of Spain"
082 – Charles in charge and the Sicilian Vespers
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