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This book brings to life the lost voices of ordinary Venetians during the age of Catholic revival. Looking at scripts that were brought to the city's ecclesiastical courts by spouses seeking to annu……続きを見る

The early modern Roman countryside was a site of contestation between great aristocratic families and an expanding papal political regime. Rarely has the role of the inhabitants of this landscape--t……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre Il n’y a pas une Italie. Les Italiens eux-mêmes se définissent d’abord par leur ville, leur région d’origine, leurs racines local……続きを見る

Complete interlinked edition complemented by author biography and analysis. Introduction by HUGO ALBERT RENNERT, Ph.D. Professor of Romanic Languages and Literature, University of Pennsylvania. "The……続きを見る

Unfinished Business is the first book to examine Italian mafia cinema of the past decade. It provides insightful analyses of popular films that sensationalize violence, scapegoat women, or repress t……続きを見る

An epic endeavor by a man genuinely enamored of his native Rome, Livy's "The History of Rome" was originally written in 142 books spanning the entire history of the Roman people up to Livy's day in ……続きを見る

The most passionate advocates of Italy’s unification in the nineteenth century possessed an almost limitless faith in the benefits of civic association. They also shared a common concern: once Itali……続きを見る

Now available as an ebook. Praise for The Flowering of The Renaissance: ‘An evocative picture of Rome at the turn of the sixteenth century … the account of Michelangelo is particularly memorable. At……続きを見る

In classical and early modern rhetoric, to write or speak using the voice of a dead individual is known as eidolopoeia. Whether through ghost stories, journeys to another world, or dream visions, Re……続きを見る

Caterina Bartoldi lived several years in Sicily, she has become a Mafia specialist. In this fascinating book, she takes us from Sicily to the United States and in many other countries, she tells us ……続きを見る

Caterina Bartoldi, qui a vécu plusieurs années en Sicile, est devenue une spécialiste incontournable de la Mafia. Dans ce livre passionnant qui nous entraîne de la Sicile aux Etats-Unis et en bien d……続きを見る

A partire dalla seconda metà dell’ottavo sec. a. C. la Sicilia, e in special modo la parte centro-orientale, fu la meta preferita di un flusso migratorio di notevoli proporzioni, proveniente ……続きを見る

Though complete in itself, this volume is a 'supplementary' to the book Errico Malatesta: His Life and Ideas, compiled by the same editor, which includes in its 311 pages not only 200 pages of Malat……続きを見る

Between the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 BC and the middle of the second century BC, a part-time army of Roman peasants, under the leadership of the ruling oligarchy, conquered first Italy and t……続きを見る

A compelling new study of conflicts in Genoa surrounding the 12th century. This book takes on the established orthodoxy about the extent, nature and effects of family conflicts and other civil dispu……続きを見る

Extrait :  II y a bien longtemps que je vous promets le récit de mes aventures ; je veux tenir aujourd’hui ma parole. Puisque  nous voici réunis, moins pour nous livrer &agra……続きを見る

Extrait :  C’est à tort que les hommes se plaignent de leur condition, sous prétexte que leur vie, si faible et si courte, serait gouvernée par le hasard plutôt ……続きを見る

Extrait :  Je commencerai mon ouvrage au deuxième consulat de Servius Galba, qui eut pour collègue T. Vinius1 Les huit cent  vingt ans écoulés depuis la fondati……続きを見る

Extrait :  I. Rome fut d’abord soumise à des rois. L. Brutus fonda la liberté et le consulat. Les dictatures étaient passagères ; le pouvoir décemviral ne dur……続きを見る

Extrait : Vous me demandez souvent, mon cher Fabius1, pourquoi, tant d’orateurs du premier ordre, ayant illustré de leur génie et de leur gloire les siècles précédents, notre âge, stérile et déshéri……続きを見る

Extrait :  Vers l’an sept cent vingt-deux de la fondation de la ville, on reprit, à Rome, l’usage d’obéir entièrement à  un seul chef. Octavien, fils d’Octavius……続きを見る

Fictions of Youth is a comprehensive examination of adolescence as an aesthetic, sociological, and ideological category in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s prose, poetry, and cinema. Simona Bondavalli’s book e……続きを見る

Pope Pius XII presided over the Catholic Church during one of the most challenging moments in its history. Elected in early 1939, Pius XII spoke out against war and destruction, but his refusal to c……続きを見る

Lawrence Grassi was a trailblazer in every sense of the word. A working-class man of humble Italian origins who worked as a labourer and a coal miner for most of his life, Grassi had a deep passion ……続きを見る

In lebendiger Sprache und anhand vieler eindrücklicher Fotos führt Hans Karl Peterlini durch die jüngere Geschichte Südtirols. Er beleuchtet die Entwicklungen und Schlüsselereignisse, darunter die K……続きを見る

DAS STANDARDWERK ÜBER SÜDTIROL * mit einem Beitrag über den neuen Landeshauptmann von Südtirol Arno Kompatscher * verständlich und kompakt dargestellt * mit Personenregister und einer ausführlichen ……続きを見る

War das Jahr 1809 mit dem Freiheitskampf der Tiroler gegen Bayern und Franzosen ein "Heldenjahr", ein "Schicksalsjahr"? Oder war "Anno Neun" der Aufstand hinterwäldlerischer Reaktionäre gegen modern……続きを見る

A stately woman in a brocade gown steps off a golden boat. A mirror merchant in simple white blouse takes action to preserve her republic. An elegant singer poses in a private salon. Standing at a u……続きを見る

The family from which I am derived is not an ignoble one, but hath descended all along from the priests; and as nobility among several people is of a different origin, so with us to be of the sacerd……続きを見る

Italian Opera in the 18th and 19th centuries was an experience unequaled anywhere else in the world. The unique emotion, flavor, and passion that existed have yet to be attained in any other country……続きを見る