Galeazzo II Visconti

Galeazzo II Visconti was a lord of Milan and member of the Visconti dynasty in the fourteenth century. His rule formed part of the expansion of Milanese power in northern Italy and the dynastic politics that shaped late medieval Lombardy.

In Christian Cameron’s The Emperor’s Sword, William Gold returns to an Italy divided among papal forces, the Visconti, Florence and the great mercenary companies. In David Gilman’s Rage of Swords, its setting links Visconti Milan, English war finance and the continuing instability of France and Aquitaine, showing how a war fought over the French crown also depends on bankers, city-states and dynastic marriages far from the main front. Other novels featuring Galeazzo II Visconti include David Gilman’s Viper’s Blood, Christian Cameron’s The Green Count, Christian Cameron’s Sword of Justice, Christian Cameron’s Hawkwood’s Sword, and Christian Cameron’s The Captain of Venice.