A Concise History of Italy |
 Christopher Duggan
ISBN: 0521408482
Since its creation in 1861, Italy has struggled to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity. This concise history, which covers the period from the fall of the Roman Empire in the west to the present day, looks in...(read more) |
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April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici |
 Lauro Martines
ISBN: 0712667873
In April 1478, a plot to murder the two heads of the powerful Medici family miscarried dramatically in the cathedral of Florence. The younger of the two brothers was killed, but Lorenzo the Magnificent, the brilliant poet and connoisseur escaped. A...(read more) |
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Calcio: A History of Italian Football |
 John Foot
ISBN: 0007175744
"Calcio" is John Foot's love letter to Italian football and its absorbing history. "Calcio" tells the story of Italian football from its origins in the 1890s to the present day. It takes us through a history of great players and...(read more) |
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European and Islamic Trade in the Early Ottoman State: The Merchants of Genoa and Turkey |
 Kate Fleet
ISBN: 0521028450
International trade was of great importance for the Ottomans in the construction of their empire. Kate Fleet's book examines the trade links which existed between European merchants and their Muslim counterparts from the beginnings of the Ottoman empire...(read more) |
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Florentine Tuscany: Structures and Practices of Power |
 William J. Connell, Andrea Zorzi, Gigliola Fragnito, Cesare Mozzarelli, Robert Oresko, Geoffrey Symcox
ISBN: 0521548004
Florence has often been studied in the past for its distinctive urban culture and society, while insufficient attention has been paid to the important Tuscan territorial state that was created by Florence in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries....(read more) |
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Football and Fascism: The National Game Under Mussolini |
 Simon Martin
ISBN: 1859737056
Institutionalised as a fascist game in Mussolini’s Italy, football was exploited domestically in an attempt to develop a sense of Italian identity and internationally as a diplomatic tool to improve Italy’s standing in the global arena. The...(read more) |
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Galileo and the Scientific Revolution |
 Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini
ISBN: 0486432262
Co-written by science historians, one married to physicist Enrico Fermi, this book concisely traces how Galileo (1564-1642) became a great scientist and his clashes with the Church. A translated early paper provides a taste of his ingenuity. This is an...(read more) |
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Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science |
 Peter Atkins
ISBN: 0198609418
These days we have this worryingly facile expectation that everything can be easily explained in 20 seconds or 20 words. Many things, especially those in philosophy and science are not easily explained but are well worth the effort required to...(read more) |
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Medici Money |
 T. Parks
ISBN: 1861977573
The Medici ruled Florence at the high point of the Renaissance. Their power derived from their bank. The Church condemned usury as a sin and made it illegal, so the Medici made their bank indispensable to the church. They avoided taxation by running the...(read more) |
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Mussolini and Italian Fascism |
 Hamish Macdonald
ISBN: 0748733868
Students will benefit from the provision of a structured route through the A-Level History process that is clearly explained. The books maintain focus on narrative in a readable style, while presenting additional topical information alongside. The...(read more) |
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Painting in Florence and Siena After the Black Death |
 Millard Meiss
ISBN: 0691003122
Here-in a rich interweaving of considerations of connoisseurship, style, iconography, cultural and social background, and historical events-is the first extended study of the history of Florentine and Sienese painting in the later fourteenth century, in...(read more) |
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Roman Villas: A Study in Social Structure |
 J.T. Smith
ISBN: 0415167191
Explores the social structures of the Roman world by analyzing the plans of buildings of all sizes from slightly Romanized farms to palaces. The text assesses how the ways in which the rooms are grouped together; how they intercommunicate; and the ways...(read more) |
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Sex Lives of the Popes |
 Nigel Cawthorne
ISBN: 185375207X
The Popes have been responsible for setting the sexual agenda for almost a quarter of the world's population for centuries. It was St Paul, scholars say, who set up the church's strong anti-sex stance. Popes ever since have publicly praised the virtues...(read more) |
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The Archaeology of Early Rome and Latium |
 R Ross Holloway
ISBN: 0415080657
The archaeology of early Rome has progressed rapidly and dramatically over the last century. The excavation of the shrine of Aeneas at Lavinium and the report of walls of the Romulean city discovered on the slopes of the Palatine hill are two examples,...(read more) |
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The Beginnings of Rome, 753-264 B.C. (Routledge History of the Ancient World) |
 Tim Cornell
ISBN: 0415015960
The beginnings of Rome are now being revealed by an ever-increasing body of archaeological evidence, much of it unearthed since the 1970s. This new material has made it possible to trace the development of Rome from its beginnings as an Iron Age...(read more) |
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The Chianti Raiders: The Extraordinary Story of the Italian Air Force in the Battle of Britain |
 Peter Haining
ISBN: 1861058292
In this account of the Battle of Britain, Peter Haining tells the story of Italian-led air raids on England, the fighter pilot with Mafia connections, eyewitness testimonies from civilians and RAF squadrons, as well as crashes, imprisonments and escapes. |
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The Etruscans |
 Graeme Barker, Tom Rasmussen, Stephen Banfield (Editor)
ISBN: 0631220380
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The Forgotten Front: British Campaign in Italy, 1917-1918 |
 George H. Cassar
ISBN: 185285166X
This text examines Italy's contribution to the Allied effort, and Lloyd George's plan for victory by an offensive on this front. Although his scheme was frustrated, the British troops were committed to holding the Italian line. This account covers...(read more) |
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The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia |
 Joseph Varacalli, Salvatore LaGumina (Editor), Frank J. Cavaioli (Editor), Salvatore Primeggia (Editor), Joseph A. Varacalli (Editor)
ISBN: 0815307136
The millions of Italians who have migrated to the United States over the last two centuries have played a crucial-and at times little recognized-role in the history of their adopted country. This encyclopaedia, the first book of its kind, presents the...(read more) |
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The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance |
 Paul Strathern
ISBN: 1844130983
A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. Against the background of an age which saw the rebirth of ancient and classical...(read more) |
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The Natural History of Pompeii |
 Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski (Editor), Frederick G. Meyer (Editor)
ISBN: 0521800544
The sudden destruction of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the surrounding Campanian countryside following the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 preserved the remarkable evidence that has made possible this reconstruction of the natural history of the local...(read more) |
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The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici |
 Christopher Hibbert
ISBN: 0140050906
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Treasures from Tuscany: The Etruscan Legacy |
 Elizabeth Goring
ISBN: 1901663906
In conjunction with the summer 2004 exhibition at the Royal Museum, this illustrated catalogue gives a fascinating insight into an ancient civilisation of highly sophisticated people. Gathering over 400 objects from the finest collections in Tuscany, it...(read more) |
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Tuscan Countess: The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa |
 Michele K. Spike
ISBN: 0865652422
The dramatic life of Matilda of Canossa (1046 - 1115) could easily be the plot of a Pirandello play: there are papal intrigues, warring medieval factions and even an ill-fated marriage to a hunchback that ends in murder. Michele Spike's biography of the...(read more) |
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Vespa: An Illustrated History |
 Eric Brockway
ISBN: 1859604439
When it was first introduced in 1949, the Vespa scooter was an entirely new type of vehicle, the result of a flash of inspiration followed by innovative engineering and astute marketing. It captured the imagination of a generation and found a place in...(read more) |
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War in Val D'Orcia: 1943-44 - A Diary |
 Iris Origo, Denis Mack Smith (Introduction)
ISBN: 0749004231
The author, an Anglo-American married to an Italian landowner in 1924, found herself raising a family during the civil war and foreign invasion in the remote Tuscan countryside. This diary records her concerns to keep her household and sixty orphans...(read more) |
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