Lecture 1. Italy- a geographical expression -- Lecture 2. The question of sovereignty -- Lecture 3. The crusades and Italian wealth -- Lecture 4. Venice- a maritime republic -- Lecture 5. The terraferma empire -- Lecture 6. Genoa, la superba -- Lecture 7. Bankers and Dukes -- Lecture 8. Pisa -- Lecture 9. Christians vs. Turks in the Mediterranean -- Lecture 10. Rome- papal authority -- Lecture 11. Papal ambition -- Lecture 12. Papal reform.
Lecture 13. Naples- a matter of wills -- Lecture 14. Naples and the threat of Italian liberty -- Lecture 15. Milan and Visconti -- Lecture 16. The Sforza dynasty -- Lecture 17. Mantua and the Gonzaga -- Lecture 18. Urbino and Montefeltro -- Lecture 19. Ferrara and the Este family -- Lecture 20. Siena and the struggle for liberty -- Lecture 21. Florence and the guild republic -- Lecture 22. Florence and the Medici -- Lecture 23. The Italian mosaic- e pluribus gloria -- Lecture 24. Campanilismo- The Italian sense of place.
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