Florence is saved by the mastermind behind the betrayal at Montaperti. Power struggles between Empire and Church determine the rise and fall of young king Manfred, leading to the Peace of Cardinal Latino — a truce that stitches Florence’s torn fabric.

With this second episode continues our first season, "Florentine Blood": a tale of bitter rivalries and shrewd politics, that shaped the history of Italy for centuries to come.

MAIN SOURCES

• Villani G., "Nuova Cronica", edited by G. Porta, Fondazione Pietro Bembo/Guanda, 1991
• Cardini F., "Breve storia di Firenze", Pacini, 2007
• Dante, "Commedia" (English trans. by Harvard University Press, 1918)
• Compagni D., "Cronica delle cose occorrenti ne' tempi suoi", introduction and annotations by Gino Luzzatto, Giulio Einaudi editore, 1968
• Koller W., "MANFREDI, re di Sicilia", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 68, 2007

Soon enough, I'll provide a link containing all the books used to compose this episode.

CREDITS

Music:

• "Along The Wayside" by Paul Winter from Pixabay
• "Epic Way" by Magnetic_Trailer from Pixabay
• "Ancient" by Shakib Hasan from Pixabay
• "Floralia" by theromancrow from Pixabay
• "Incesante" by Andres Rodriguez from Pixabay
• "Medieval Fantasy" by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay
• "Fallen Comrade" by Daniel Roberts from Pixabay
• "Medieval Settlement" by Sergii Pavkin from Pixabay

Effects:

• "20130822 Summer Evening" Sound Effect from Pixabay
• "Nature" by chribonn from Pixabay
• "Brutal Battle" by Marcus Vogt from Pixabay

Audio mixed and edited on Audacity by the author.

Logo:

Created on Canva by the author

Font "Pirata One" designed by Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Nicolas Massi

Paper texture by VecMes on Freepik

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