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A beautifully thorough examination into the complicated relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, two of the most powerful women in Renaissance Europe who shaped each other as well a……続きを見る

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the Italian experience of transitional justice examining how the crimes of Fascism and World War II have been dealt with from a comparative perspective……続きを見る

First Published in 1979, A History of Italy 1700-1860 provides a comprehensive overview of Italy’s political history from 1700-1860. Divided in five parts it deals with themes like the re-emergence ……続きを見る

Should we humanize the world's most inhumane leaders? Adolf Hitler. Joseph Stalin. Benito Mussolini. Mao Zedong. Kim Il Sung. Vladimir Lenin. These cruel dictators wrote their names on the pages of ……続きを見る

L’Italia ha da sempre presentato una condizione particolare dal punto di vista dello sfruttamento delle risorse energetiche. A seguito dell’unificazione il paese era caratterizzato da una scarsa ind……続きを見る

'Magisterial - an outstanding book that shines a bright light one of the most important, interesting and under-studied cities in European history. A masterpiece.' Peter Frankopan 'A wonderful new hi……続きを見る

The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This has created an overwhelming sense that Italy is a fundamentally benign and easy……続きを見る

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 year……続きを見る

'An eye-opening book, an intricate and fascinating story' Hilary Mantel Henry, desperate to marry Anne Boleyn and ensure the Tudor line asks Pope Clement VII to grant him a divorce. Enter Gregorio ……続きを見る

Florence in the fifteenth century was the undisputed centre of the Italian Renaissance. Its legacy is apparent today in every aspect of human endeavour. Our art and science, our learning and literat……続きを見る

In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy) Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two ……続きを見る

Giacomo Leopardi was the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and was recognized by readers from Nietzsche to Beckett as one of the towering literary figures in Italian history. To many, ……続きを見る

For six centuries the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean – an empire of coasts, islands and isolated fortresses by w……続きを見る

Following the collapse of Medici rule in fifteenth-century Florence, the centre of Renaissance activity moved first to Rome and finally to Venice. In the Rome of Julius II and Leo X which Michelange……続きを見る

In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy) Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two ……続きを見る

'Moorehead paints a wonderfully vivid and moving portrait of the women of the Italian Resistance' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES The extraordinary story of the courageous women who spearheaded the Itali……続きを見る

'Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe' The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life creating frescoes that are among the glories of Western art, yet he rema……続きを見る

The siege of Venice in 1848 is one of history's most thrilling and tragic episodes. After half a century of Habsburg imperial rule, the Venetians drove out the occupying army and established their o……続きを見る

A quarant'anni dal presunto "esaurimento" della stagione del terrorismo (nel 1982 si conclude l'ultimo grande "caso" degli anni di piombo, il sequestro Dozier) Vindice Lecis analizza le strategie me……続きを見る

Gli anni Settanta del Novecento sono stati lo spartiacque fra una situazione di possibile compimento della democrazia oltre i limiti posti dal sistema sociale e il suo ridimensionamento, di fatto av……続きを見る

A cento anni dalla marcia su Roma che diede inizio all’ascesa al potere di Mussolini, questo libro raccoglie i discorsi, gli articoli e gli interventi di Giacomo Matteotti, segretario del Partito so……続きを見る

La M.V.S.N. fu un vero e proprio esercito, su base volontaria, divenendo la quarta Forza Armata dello Stato. Oggi è di fatto un esercito dimenticato nonostante le innumerevoli prove di valore e di s……続きを見る

Das erste Buch über die organisierte Kriminalität der mächtigsten Mafia Europas Momentan steht sie im Rampenlicht, obwohl sie lieber im Dunkeln arbeitet: Der bisher größte Prozess gegen die 'Ndrangh……続きを見る

Furono almeno 40.000 i militari che, durante la Prima guerra mondiale, vennero ricoverati in strutture psichiatriche. Si tratta di un numero significativo che indica la diffusa presenza di disagi me……続きを見る

Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and social power. "I dearly love a laugh," declared Jane Au……続きを見る

In 1600, Giordano Bruno, one of the leading intellectuals of the Renaissance, was burned at the stake on the charge of heresy by the Roman Inquisition. He is remembered primarily for his cosmologica……続きを見る

350 morti e più di 1000 feriti: è il bilancio delle vittime del terrorismo italiano. Le radici di questo capitolo sanguinoso della storia italiana vanno rintracciate oltre cinquant'anni fa, in quel ……続きを見る

For the Italian partisan forces the use of armored vehicles was really sporadic, with the exception of the last moments of the war. Especially in the days of the insurrection, in fact, the Italian p……続きを見る

Per le forze partigiane italiane l’utilizzo di mezzi blindati fu veramente sporadico, ad eccezione degli ultimi frangenti di guerra. Soprattutto nei giorni dell’insurrezione, infatti, i partigiani i……続きを見る

La storiografia ufficiale italiana, specie quella risorgimentale, ha spesso sottovalutato l'importanza della storia dei Longobardi. Eppure questo popolo dimostrò una spiccata duttilità nell'integrar……続きを見る