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Welcome to The Italian Tales Podcast, a voyage through Italy’s past.
Fancy a story?
We will explore my country’s history with the help of hand-picked books, academic papers, and, with a bit of luck, first-hand accounts of the people who witnessed those events with their own eyes.
Welcome to the Italian Tales—a voyage through Italy’s past.
We will explore my country’s history with the help of hand-picked books, academic papers, and, with a bit of luck, first-hand accounts of the people who witnessed those events with their own eyes.
A quick disclaimer though: our journey won’t be a chronological one; instead, we’ll leap from one story to another, guided by my own research into Italy’s millennial past.
Our first series of episodes will tell the tale of the blood feuds between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in the marvellous medieval Florence. It’s a tale of bitter rivalries and shrewd politics, a tale that shaped the story of Tuscany for centuries but also set the stage for the glorious Italian Renaissance.
So, join me as we uncover the facts that have woven the fabric of Italy, one episode at a time.
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In this episode, we’ll enter the halls of Florentine power, witnessing the preparation of the Third Aretine War. We’ll walk along the soldiers across the treacherous roads of Casentino, and stand side by side the knights and the infrantrymen in the midst of one of the fiercest battles of the time: the Battle of Campaldino.
With this 5th episode continues our first season, “Florentine Blood”: a tale of bitter rivalries and shrewd politics, that shaped the history of Italy for centuries to come.
MAIN SOURCES
- Villani G., “Nuova Cronica”, edited by G. Porta, Fondazione Pietro Bembo/Guanda, 1991
- G. Pelli, “Memorie per servire alla vita di Dante Alighieri”, 1823
- Barbero A., “Dante”, Editori Laterza
- Dante, “Commedia” (English trans. by Harvard University Press, 1918)
- Compagni D., “Cronica delle cose occorrenti ne’ tempi suoi”, introduction and annotations by Gino Luzzatto, Giulio Einaudi editore, 1968
- DeVries K., Capponi N., “Campaldino 1289: The battle that made Dante”, Osprey Publishing, 2018
Soon enough, I’ll provide a link containing all the books used to compose this episode.
CREDITS
Music:
- “Epic Way” by Magnetic_Trailer from Pixabay
- “Tension” by SPmusic from Pixabay
- “War Drums” by Amaksi from Pixabay
- “Prepare for War (Epic Dramatic)” by Marco Belloni from Pixabay
- “The Battle of Coalitions” by Peter Barbaix from Pixabay
Effects:
- “20130822 Summer Evening” Sound Effect from Pixabay
- “Brutal Battle” by Marcus Vogt from Pixabay
Audio mixed and edited on Audacity by the author.
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