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Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné presents the comprehensive scope of religious reform during the sixteenth century through Calvin's life and the church in Geneva. He outlines the people, places, and ideas……続きを見る

This fascinating volume contains a collection of travel writings by D. H. Lawrence, first published after his death in 1932. In this text Lawrence compares the vibrant world of the Etruscan civiliza……続きを見る

A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? “Sprezz……続きを見る

This is the true story of Totò Riina, the Cosa Nostra boss who rose from nothing to become the most powerful man in Sicily. The picture emerges of a bloodthirsty, power-hungry monster who, despite h……続きを見る

This book illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the British history of travel in the Enlightenment: that of the Royal Society’s special contribution to the “discovery” of the south of Italy in the ag……続きを見る

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus; Translated by C. D. Yonge (1812-1891). Ammianus Marcellinus (325/330–after 391) was a fourth-century Roman soldier and historian. History during the Reigns……続きを見る

Questo lavoro è il risultato di un ampio studio effettuato su alcune carte inedite della Nunziatura di Napoli e delle principali Delegazioni pontefice conservate presso l’ASV relativamente al period……続きを見る

In 1912, a young D.H. Lawrence left England for the first time and travelled to northern Italy. He spent nearly a year on the shores of Lake Garda, lodged in elegantly decaying houses set amid lemon……続きを見る

In questo libro, parzialmente autobiografico, Giuseppe D'Alessandro ripercorre gli amori e le delusioni, dopo l’impegno politico, di alcuni giovani della provincia alla fine degli anni 70’ del secol……続きを見る

An accessible introduction to the life of the seventeenth-century's most celebrated women artists, now in paperback. Artemisia Gentileschi is by far the most famous woman artist of the premodern era……続きを見る

L’uomo comunale viveva incorporato alla sua famiglia alla sua consorteria alla sua maestranza alla sua parte, in quella guisa che la figura sbozzata di basso rilievo aderisce alla vena del sasso, re……続きを見る

Scritto nel 1943 subito dopo la destituzione di Mussolini ma pubblicato solo nel 1999, “Il 25 luglio” è il racconto in cui Luce d’Eramo, appena diciottenne, si è misurata per la prima volta con la S……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

The essays in this book cover a fast-paced 150 years of Vatican diplomacy, starting from the fall of the Papal States in 1870 to the present day. They trace the transformation of the Vatican from a ……続きを見る

In 'Etruscan Places' by D. H. Lawrence, the author takes readers on a journey through the ancient civilization of the Etruscans, exploring their art, culture, and landscapes in vivid detail. Lawrenc……続きを見る

Cet ouvrage part du postulat que le degré d’effervescence mémorielle est proportionnel au degré de violence subie dans le passé ou de silence imposé et perçu comme une injustice non réparée. Les mob……続きを見る

Since the end of the nineteenth century the dairy sectors of some industrialised European and American countries have experienced a phase of growth that took place at a different rate and in a diffe……続きを見る

The 1959 purge of the Latvian national communists has long been cast in black-and-white terms: Russification and resistance; victimizers and victims. Conventional wisdom holds that Nikita Khrushchev……続きを見る

L'antica Roma aveva profonde radici nella cultura etrusca, una civiltà la cui origine può essere fatta risalire al 900-750 a.C. nell’Italia nord-occidentale. Gli Etruschi furono un popolo che commer……続きを見る

Prima e durante la conquista dell’Inghilterra da parte del duca Guglielmo, molti nobili normanni altrettanto ambiziosi e bellicosi (in particolare quelli provenienti dalle famiglie Drengot, Altavill……続きを見る

The devastating account of one woman's infatuation – and subsequent disillusion – with Nazism, translated into English for the first time Lucie has been brought up by bourgeois parents as a passiona……続きを見る

“[A] clear, sympathetic, but not sentimental description of Italian-American experience from the roots in Italy to settlement in the United States, describing the cultural patterns which crossed the……続きを見る

At its height the Roman Empire stretched across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, maintained by an army of modest size but great diversity. In popular culture these soldiers are often portra……続きを見る

Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent ……続きを見る

In "Etruscan Places", D. H. Lawrence takes readers on a journey through the ancient Etruscan civilization, exploring their art, lifestyle, and beliefs. Lawrence's vivid descriptions and poetic langu……続きを見る

This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity and depth, e……続きを見る

The Yellow Poppy tells the tale of the Duc and the Duchesse of Trélan in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789, when random uprisings against the Napoleon's rule were happening in the North……続きを見る

When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that proved so lethal for……続きを見る

Découvrez la formidable existence de l'humaniste Jean Pic de la Mirandole La biographie romancée de Catherine d’Oultremont se déroule dans le respect scrupuleux des grandes étapes de ce que fut la v……続きを見る

D'Elia offers a compelling, surprising story that reveals a Renaissance world that witnessed the rebirth of interest in the classics, a thriving homoerotic culture, the clash of Christian and pagan ……続きを見る