115 – Hard times for Venice, a very naughty doge and some funny names (1339 – 1356)
A History of Italy - A podcast by Mike Corradi - Tuesdays
We catch Venice up to the mid 14th century following storms, floods earthquakes, plagues and all other kinds of lovely things. Then we see a trattori doge, a big nose and a dolphin ruler. All this while trying keep up the struggle against the Genoese and Turks at sea as well as the Hungarians on land, tough times for Venice indeed.
