The Italians Before Italy: Conflict and Competition in the Mediterranean

(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)

Course Lecture Titles
1. ItalyA Geographical Expression
2. The Question of Sovereignty
3. The Crusades and Italian Wealth
4. VeniceA Maritime Republic
5. The Terraferma Empire
6. Genoa, La Superba
7. Bankers and Dukes
8. Pisa
9. Christians vs. Turks in the Mediterranean
10. RomePapal Authority
11. Papal Ambition
12. Papal Reform
13. NaplesA Matter of Wills
14. Naples and the Threat to Italian Liberty
15. Milan and the Visconti
16. The Sforza Dynasty
17. Mantua and the Gonzaga
18. Urbino and the Montefeltro
19. Ferrara and the Este Family
20. Siena and the Struggle for Liberty
21. Florence and the Guild Republic
22. Florence and the Medici
23. The Italian MosaicE Pluribus Gloria
24. CampanilismoThe Italian Sense of Place