Passato e Presente — Season 1, Episode 14: Charles VIII in Italy

Episode synopsis

Episode dedicated to the Charles VIII's 1495 military campaign in Italy: from the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples to the coalition of the major and minor Italian states (helped by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Maximilian I of Habsburg), created for the purpose of defeating the French king.

About Passato e Presente

Program about historical dissemination, presented by Paolo Mieli. Each episode sees a historian interacting with the presenter and three young university students.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Defeat of the Dardanelles
• E2Nicolaj II, the Last Tsar
• E3The Trains of the Sun: Italy's Internal Migration in the 1950s
• E4Duce and America
• E5Charlemagne
• E6Caporetto: Before the Battle
• E7Battle Name: Lenin
• E8Italian Prisoners of the Allies
• E9Discord's Final: 1976 Davis Cup in Chile
• E10Caporetto: the Battle
• E11Tucci, Duce's Explorer
• E12Anne Frank, a Denied Memory