Italy 3

The social and linguistic history of medieval Sicily is both intriguing and complex. Before the Muslim invasion of 827, the islanders spoke dialects of either Greek or Latin or both. On the arrival ……続きを見る

There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique peri……続きを見る

The Piave River has always been a vitally important source of life: man has drunk its water, used it to irrigate his crops, exploited its current to turn the grindstones of the mills and to make ele……続きを見る

The roots of modern capitalism go back to the Italian banking system of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the fifteenth century, the Medici Bank succeeded in overshadowing its competitors……続きを見る

Why and how local coffee bars in Italyーthose distinctively Italian social and cultural spacesーhave been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008 Italians regard e……続きを見る

"The Tempest," written in 1611, was the final play that William Shakespeare wrote on his own. It is also one of only two Shakespeare plays that are entirely original. Because of those two facts, man……続きを見る

L'Italia degli anni settanta è l'Italia della loggia P2, della strategia della tensione, del terrorismo rosso e nero, l'Italia in cui la nascente società civile scopre che la democrazia non è un ben……続きを見る

A technical history of seven Italian heavy cruisers: Trento, Trieste, Bolzano, Zara, Fiume, Gorizia, Polaーa perfect companion volume to Italian Battleships. When the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922……続きを見る

Una città è un grumo di sangue e polvere. Una città è un quaderno di storie. Ma come si può raccontare un luogo come Milano, una metropoli che è stata così tante volte e in così tante forme cantata?……続きを見る

義大利，是個靜不下來的國家。 這樣一個國家是如何完成統一的？ 【本書特色】 ◎一冊讀通義大利史！了解小國林立、動盪不斷的義大利整合成一個統一國家的過程！ ◎全書依時間脈絡分為6****章，各章均附小專欄，介紹……続きを見る

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors annually now walk the paved streets which re-emerged, ……続きを見る

India in the Italian Renaissance provides a systematic, chronological survey of early Italian representations of India and Indians from the late medieval period to the end of the 16th century, and t……続きを見る

A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from the Portuguese trading empire to Renaissance Italy In the fifteenth and sixteenth cen……続きを見る

In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non grata with the ruling M……続きを見る

"Pictures from Italy", first published in 1846, is an account of a journey by Charles Dickens and his family through Italy in 1844. Dickens is best known for his literary descriptions of the social ……続きを見る

An armored unit that has always aroused curiosity and interest, the Armored Group of the “Leoncello” was one of the few armored units of the Italian Social Republic, the only one of the Tanker speci……続きを見る

The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini was started in the year 1558 at the age of 58 and ended abruptly just before his last trip to Pisa around the year 1563 when Cellini was approximately 63 years……続きを見る

The goal we have set ourselves with this series of four volumes, written in four hands, is to give an overall picture of the Divisions formed by the Army of the R.S.I. to the departments used in the……続きを見る

The goal that we have set ourselves with this series of two volumes, written by four hands, is to give an overall picture of the Divisions formed by the Army of the R.S.I. on the departments employe……続きを見る

The Armored Group "M" "Leonessa" of G.N.R. constituted a unicum among the Armed Forces of the Italian Social Republic. In fact, it was the most consistent and operational of the few units equipped w……続きを見る

The Armistice of 8 September 1943 caught the Italian armored units, both Tank units and Cavalry, scattered not only on the national territory, but also abroad. Similar to what had happened to all th……続きを見る

A jubilant celebration of Italy’s outsize impact on culture, from literature to art, music to movies, that “masterfully examines the multitude of reasons why so many people fall in love with Italy a……続きを見る

The Armistice of 8 September 1943 caught the Italian armored units, both Tank units and Cavalry, scattered not only on the national territory, but also abroad. Similar to what had happened to all th……続きを見る

Immerse yourself in the history of ancient Rome - from its origins as a small settlement on the Palatine Hill to its peak as an empire reigning over 90 million people, and its tumultuous decline. Co……続きを見る

«Il saggio di Emilio Gentile è di straordinario interesse e cordiale lettura. » la Repubblica - Corrado Augias «Lo storico più acuto e attento del fascismo.» Corriere della Sera - Marcello Flores «C……続きを見る

This book is as captivating as the city itself. Hibbert's gift is weaving political, social and art history into an elegantly readable and marvellously lively whole. The author's book on Florence wi……続きを見る

Conversations with prominent Italian feminist thinkers Lea Melandri, Luisa Muraro, and Adriana Cavaero, as well as three essays - appearing in English for the first time - by author, journalist, and……続きを見る

“Il 36esimo confinato” è don Pierino Dilenge, prete rivoluzionario, mandato negli anni Settanta ad Aliano, in Basilicata, paese che ha ospitato numerosi esiliati politici – non meno di 35, tra gli a……続きを見る

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world ……続きを見る

A unique portrayal of the theoretical positions of eleven Italian women thinkers who share the practice of philosophy and extend philosophical work and interests beyond the realm of the discipline s……続きを見る