{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"House of Visconti - Part 1: A family of priests and exiles seizes Milan’s fate","description":"In the flickering torchlight of a divided Milan, banners fluttered with the serpent sigil, and armored processions wound past hallowed cathedrals. Here, ambition hid behind mitres, and intrigue simmered beneath holy robes. The House of Visconti was about to turn the chaos of thirteenth-century Italy into their own crucible of power.\r\n\r\nImagine Milan in the late twelve hundreds—a city torn by rival factions, its cobbled streets echoing with both the chants of priests and the clang of swords. The northern Italian landscape was a battleground not only for city-states but for the ambitions of noble families, each vying for survival and supremacy. Into this tumult stepped Ottone Visconti, a man whose authority was first granted by the Church, not the battlefield. When Pope Urban the Fourth named Ottone Archbishop of Milan in twelve sixty-two, he unwittingly set off a powder keg. Milan’s entrenched rulers, the Torriani, refused to yield. What followed was a decade of bitter feuds, exile, and secret alliances.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thelineagearchive.com/dynasty/house-of-visconti","author_name":"The Archive Network"}