Also, be sure to check out this great article about medieval feudalism: The F-Word: The Problem with Feudalism (Melissa Snell)
Sardinia and Sicily were never conquered by Napoleon, and so came out of the Napoleonic Wars with a distinctly different attitude from the rest of Italy. Download Minisode 1
Also, be sure to check out this great article about medieval feudalism: The F-Word: The Problem with Feudalism (Melissa Snell)
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The lovely voice you heard at the beginning of the episode was Rob Monaco, from the Podcast History of Our World - be sure to check him out!
We’re going to look at Napoleon’s legacy in three broad steps. First, what were Napoleon’s reforms, economic, political, and social, and what did they accomplish. Second, who benefitted from his rule? Who was going to miss him when he was gone, and perhaps form the nucleus of an opposition to those who came after him. Finally, what did all of this mean for the idea of Italy? Did the people in Italy feel more or less Italian after Napoleon left than they had before he arrived? Download Episode 15 For the last time in a while, we’re going to be leaving Italy behind for this episode and focusing on events elsewhere in Europe. Specifically, we’re going to cover, in broad strokes, the Napoleonic Wars and the end of Napoleon’s empire, as well as the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. We’ve talked in some detail about the impact that Napoleon had on Italy. But it’s difficult to truly understand Napoleon’s legacy in Italy without understanding his legacy in Europe as a whole. Napoleon had a profound impact on Europe, a bigger impact than anyone had had in centuries. This was in part due to the incredible scale and duration of the wars he started, but it was also because of how he tore down and rebuilt centuries-old institutions and sought to remake Europe to suit himself. Download Episode 14
We're going to be looking at the Italian army under Napoleon in this episode. The Italian army took part in numerous conflicts, including Napoleon's famous (and failed) invasion of Russia in 1812, and established a strong military tradition were previously there had been none. We'll be talking about how armies of the time fought, the origins and development of the Italian army, its social impact, and the campaigns in which it fought. Download Episode 13
Napoleon had used Italy's disunity to his advantage, allowing him to control most of Italy, either directly or indirectly, for a comparatively small cost in men and resources. However, Napoleon was about to double down on his rise to power, and he'd need to tighten his grip on Italy to help finance his bet. In 1806, Napoleon told a Prussian minister "Italy is my mistress whose favors I want no one to share."
By 1810 the map of Italy will be greatly simplified, and Italy will be divided into three pieces, all under Napoleon’s control. First we'll Napoleon replace the Italian Republic, in the northeast of Italy, with the Kingdom of Italy, making himself its new king. Then he'll dissolve the Papal states, which, with the rest of northwest of Italy, will be annexed to France. Finally, he'll put first his brother and then his brother-in-law on the throne of the nominally independent Kingdom of Naples. Download Episode 12 Hello everyone, it’s Benjamin here with two special announcements. First, for two months I’ve been working with other history podcasters to create a new series called the History Podcasters Collage. The idea is to give you, the listener, a quick and fun sampling of a range of different podcasters as they each give you their take on a certain topic. Each podcaster is kept to a 9 minute maximum, to keep the episode moving along.
The first topic is “Unsung Heroes”, and we’ve managed to assemble an all-star cast of podcasters, which we’ve split into two episodes. The first is ready for download now, and the second should be up any day now. Just search for History Podcasters on iTunes, or go to historypodcasters.com. I’m hosting this series, and I think it’s going to be a lot of fun, and I encourage you to give it a try. Second, I was recently interviewed by Roifield Brown, who you may know from his excellent and unique podcast How Jamaica Conuqered the World. What you may not know is that he does a second podcast, called Audio Lounge, where he interviews musicians, storytellers, and other podcasters. This particular interview is about how Adam and I go about researching and writing this podcast, so if you’re curious about how we put these together, head on over and give it a listen. You can find it in Episode 5 of the podcast Audio Lounge, which you can find on the iTunes store or on their website, audiolounge.co.uk. It’s 1799, and Italy is fractured, politically, socially, and economically. This isn’t new - it’s been fractured for over a thousand years at this point. This made it easy for Napoleon to invade in the first place, and now he is going to exploit this to keep Italy under his thumb. In this episode we’re going to see how Napoleon manages to juggle the various forces in Italy - he needs to keep things united enough to be stable, but fractured enough to be pliable. Download Episode 11
Adam's back with the War of the 2nd Coalition. The war in Europe spreads as Napoleon invades Egypt. Russia enters the war against France and helps invade Italy. Meanwhile politics back in France are getting increasingly heated as various factions vie for power. Download Episode 10
In Venice Bonus Episode 2 we explained how the 4th Crusade started. Now we follow it to its tragic conclusion, with the sack of Constantinople by French and Venetian crusaders.
This will be the last Venice bonus episode for a while, as I need to focus more on the Unification episodes, but don't worry! After we're done with the Italian unification, I'm planning to go back and do a full series on Venice. Download Venice Special Episode 3 We go over Napoleon's invasion of Italy again, this time focusing on his administrative and political actions. Italians of the 19th century would see politics and governments differently than Italians of the 18th century, because between 1797 and 1815 Napoleon would reshape Italy's political consciousness. He got started quickly, as in just 2 years he had already upended Northern Italy. Download Episode 9
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