115 – Hard times for Venice, a very naughty doge and some funny names (1339 – 1356) - podcast episode cover

115 – Hard times for Venice, a very naughty doge and some funny names (1339 – 1356)

Jun 01, 202119 minTranscript available on Metacast
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Episode description

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.