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A quick look into how Holy Roman Empire and Italy married and how things went between the two of them during medieval time. Yes, really.

Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4 , Part 5 , Extra

As side notes I’ll tell you that actually there were much more battles and sieges than just the ones of Milan and Alessandria. I talked about this two because they are the most meaningful. Also, allegiances will keep on changing so I spared you from the long list of this join and this left.
Also no, the Lega Lombarda didn’t plan to get rid of the emperor. Back then people couldn’t even conceive such a thing. What they wanted was for the emperor to let them free to return back to the customs they had before. It seems back then customs were considered to be law by the people and any change to them was seen as evil (it seems that’s due to this that the Italian word ‘inaudito’ that technically only means ‘never heard before’ took the meaning of ‘inconceivable’, ‘absurd’, ‘unthinkable’).
Also, in case you don’t know, the hand gesture Veneziano does when he said he’ll kill who doesn’t join means exactly that, that he’ll cut the head of the people who doesn’t join (in fact since Lodi refused to join the Lega it was put under siege until it surrendered and agreed to join, while Trezzo’s castle was sacked and burned).
Also, actually it was the English philosopher and diplomat, John of Salisbury who wondered ‘who appointed the Germans as judges of the nations’ but I thought to give that role to England.
The quotes Veneziano said while in Pontida are with some slight variation, a rather famous joke (‘Against the violence, the arrogance, the suffering we need to be all unite’ ‘And if someone doesn’t want to?’ ‘We’ll kill him off!’)
As a last note I’ll mention Barbarossa, after destroying Milan, planned to go conquer the lands the Normans had in south Italy among which there was Sicily (in fact he promised Genoa the control over some of its cities once he would conquer it) but, due to the assorted problems he was having, he never managed to try his plan out.

Translations

The translation used in the strips is the one that gives you the meaning of the sentences said. The direct translation is here:

Veh: Hetalia fans know this as Veneziano’s verbal tic but actually it has a meaning in some North Italian dialects. Basically it means ‘Look’, ‘Watch’, but it can be used to call someone, to make your point stronger, as an exclamation, as an interjection… It can be considered the short form for ‘vedi’ (look) but also for ‘vero’ (true) in sentences like ‘you love this, isn’t it true?’.

Translations from Milanese language

Balabiott! ‘The one that dances naked!’ (Idiot!)

Translations from Bergamasco language

Lü cupa mé. ‘I will kill him’
… no capo… ‘… no boss…’ (just so you know ‘capo’ is also used to refer to talk to a man you don’t know)
Nisü ‘l mé dì chèl che pöde fé e chèl che pöde no. ‘Nobody tells me what I can do and what I can’t do’ (Nobody tells me what I can and can’t do)

Translations from Palermitano language

Venezià? A chistu facci ‘I minchia divi pulizziarigli u’ culu c’unna lancia! ‘Veneziano? You must clean the ass of this face of a dick with a spear! (Veneziano? You must clean this shithead’s ass with a spear!)

Translations from Piedmontese language

Picio ‘Dick’ (Idiot)

Description
A quick look into how Holy Roman Empire and Italy married and how things went between the two of them during medieval time. Yes, really.

Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4 , Part 5 , Extra

As side notes I’ll tell you that actually there were much more battles and sieges than just the ones of Milan and Alessandria. I talked about this two because they are the most meaningful. Also, allegiances will keep on changing so I spared you from the long list of this join and this left.
Also no, the Lega Lombarda didn’t plan to get rid of the emperor. Back then people couldn’t even conceive such a thing. What they wanted was for the emperor to let them free to return back to the customs they had before. It seems back then customs were considered to be law by the people and any change to them was seen as evil (it seems that’s due to this that the Italian word ‘inaudito’ that technically only means ‘never heard before’ took the meaning of ‘inconceivable’, ‘absurd’, ‘unthinkable’).
Also, in case you don’t know, the hand gesture Veneziano does when he said he’ll kill who doesn’t join means exactly that, that he’ll cut the head of the people who doesn’t join (in fact since Lodi refused to join the Lega it was put under siege until it surrendered and agreed to join, while Trezzo’s castle was sacked and burned).
Also, actually it was the English philosopher and diplomat, John of Salisbury who wondered ‘who appointed the Germans as judges of the nations’ but I thought to give that role to England.
The quotes Veneziano said while in Pontida are with some slight variation, a rather famous joke (‘Against the violence, the arrogance, the suffering we need to be all unite’ ‘And if someone doesn’t want to?’ ‘We’ll kill him off!’)
As a last note I’ll mention Barbarossa, after destroying Milan, planned to go conquer the lands the Normans had in south Italy among which there was Sicily (in fact he promised Genoa the control over some of its cities once he would conquer it) but, due to the assorted problems he was having, he never managed to try his plan out.

Translations

The translation used in the strips is the one that gives you the meaning of the sentences said. The direct translation is here:

Veh: Hetalia fans know this as Veneziano’s verbal tic but actually it has a meaning in some North Italian dialects. Basically it means ‘Look’, ‘Watch’, but it can be used to call someone, to make your point stronger, as an exclamation, as an interjection… It can be considered the short form for ‘vedi’ (look) but also for ‘vero’ (true) in sentences like ‘you love this, isn’t it true?’.

Translations from Milanese language

Balabiott! ‘The one that dances naked!’ (Idiot!)

Translations from Bergamasco language

Lü cupa mé. ‘I will kill him’
… no capo… ‘… no boss…’ (just so you know ‘capo’ is also used to refer to talk to a man you don’t know)
Nisü ‘l mé dì chèl che pöde fé e chèl che pöde no. ‘Nobody tells me what I can do and what I can’t do’ (Nobody tells me what I can and can’t do)

Translations from Palermitano language

Venezià? A chistu facci ‘I minchia divi pulizziarigli u’ culu c’unna lancia! ‘Veneziano? You must clean the ass of this face of a dick with a spear! (Veneziano? You must clean this shithead’s ass with a spear!)

Translations from Piedmontese language

Picio ‘Dick’ (Idiot)