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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025 – Ottonian Italy
Interview – Daniela Pellacani on Ciro Menotti
024 – Outstanding Otto and more mess from a porn pope
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
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