Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530
Oscar Browning
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Length 8 h 28 min
Chapters 32
First published 1895
Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary companies and multinational armies who fought in the service of city states, monarchs, and the Pope. Some like Ludovico Sforza in Milan seized power and founded dynasties in their own right. The merchant princes of the Medici family reached their apogee in Lorenzo the Magnificent in Florence, but faltered in the Papacy; Leo X proved no match for Martin Luther and Clement VII was powerless to avert the sack of Rome in 1527. Venice lost her overseas empire to the Turks, while proud King Francis I, defeated by the Emperor Charles and a prisoner in Madrid, was eventually forced to relinquish all hope of Italian conquest. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
Chapters
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Ch. 1: Retrospect and Prospect, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:23
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Ch. 1: Retrospect and Prospect, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 11:15
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Ch. 2: Joanna of Naples--Muzio Sforza--Braccio da Montone and Carmagnola, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:10
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Ch. 2: Joanna of Naples--Muzio Sforza--Braccio da Montone and Carmagnola, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:32
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Ch. 3: The Emperor Sigismund--Pope Eugenius IV--The Rise of the Medici--Alfonso of Arragon, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:02
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Ch. 3: The Emperor Sigismund--Pope Eugenius IV--The Rise of the Medici--Alfonso of Arragon, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 20:46
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Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:00
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Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 11:39
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Ch. 4: Francesco Sforza--Frederick III--Pius II, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:25
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Ch. 5: Cosimo dei Medici--Paul II, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 14:11
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Ch. 5: Cosimo dei Medici--Paul II, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:10
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Ch. 6: The Turks in Europe, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:08
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Ch. 6: The Turks in Europe, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:23
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Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:22
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Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 11:50
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Ch. 7: Lorenzo dei Medici--Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:16
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Ch. 8: Charles VIII in Italy, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 17:02
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Ch. 8: Charles VIII in Italy, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:49
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Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 10:44
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Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 12:31
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Ch. 9: Savonarola, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 14:31
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Ch. 10: Pope Alexander VI, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 17:02
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Ch. 10: Pope Alexander VI, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:28
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Ch. 11: Pope Julius II, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:49
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Ch. 11: Pope Julius II, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:24
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Ch. 12: Leo X, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:41
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Ch. 12: Leo X, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:03
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Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 12:33
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Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 12:56
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Ch. 13: The Sack of Rome, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:49
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Ch. 14: The Fall of Florence, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 12:17
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Ch. 14: The Fall of Florence, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:55
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