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The true nature of Mussolini's foreign policy during the late interwar period has been the subject of considerable controversy. Was Mussolini in reality pro-British, even as late as June 1940; or was his international policy more sinister and based on conquering a Fascist empire in North Africa and...

Situated in the centre of Italy, Abruzzo lies just an hour's drive from Rome. Often overlooked, it has never been discovered by mass tourism. Abruzzo has something for everyone: hiking on the slopes of the Majella mountain range, wine tasting along olive-strewn roads that disappear into the labyrinths...

This book investigates the actions of marriage tribunals by analyzing the richest source of marriage suits extant in Italy, those of the Venetian ecclesiastical tribunal, between 1420 and the opening of the Council of Trent. It offers a strongly representative overview of the changes the Council introduced...

Emlyn Eisenach uses a wide range of sources, including the richly detailed and previously unexplored records of nearly two hundred marriage-related disputes from the bishop’s court of Verona, to illuminate family and social relations in early modern northern Italy. Arguing against the common emphasis...

"Love drives and gives life to the commerce of mankind." Thus, the sixteen year old Ferdinando Galiani (1728-1787) presented his project to understand the sociable nature of man. This observation, a reflection of his own position on the relation between trade and virtue, hinted at what the...

Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 by the American writer,F. Marion Crawford.Year by year Crawford published a number of successful novels. Late in the 1890s, he began to write his historical works. These are: Ave Roma Immortalis (1898), Rulers of the South (1900) renamed Southern Italy and Sicily and The...

In this number: The Battle of Plataea: a Reverseal of History Jean Nicolas Corvisier. The Catalan Company in Anatolia and Greece (1301-1311) Adriana Vannini. French Ensigns of the Late-Renaissance (part two) Aldo Ziggioto and Andrea Rossi. The Army of the Genoese Republic, 1745-48 Paolo Giacomone...

Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s Pocket Milanis your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Admire the ageless marble facade of the Duomo, explore Milan’s stunning collection...

Alcide De Gasperi is universally recognized as a Founding Father of Europe, but his enlightened action in favour of European unification is little known outside of Italy. At the beginning of the 1950s, he became one of the most steadfast advocates of a European federation as a response to the...

The Italian Enlightenment, no less than the Scottish, was central to the emergence of political economy and creation of market societies. Sophus Reinert turns to Milan in the late 1700s to recover early socialists’ preoccupations with the often lethal tension among states, markets, and human welfare, and the policies these ideas informed.

In the 19th century, both Italy and the US were young countries pursuing liberal nationalism even as unity was threatened by a recalcitrant southern population. This nuanced analysis of abolitionism and Italian democratic nationalism, Lincoln and Cavour, and the nation's two civil wars provides powerful new insights into their histories.  

Considered to be the “Land of Gods”, Sicily stands proudly in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, with thousands of years of History.   Sicily is the greatest island in the Mediterranean and possesses a geographical determinant position. Conquered by many civilizations, the...

Considered to be the “Land of Gods”, Sicily stands proudly in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, with thousands of years of History.   Sicily is the greatest island in the Mediterranean and possesses a geographical determinant position. Conquered by many civilizations, the...

Turin, very beautiful city of the North of Italy, seems almost unknown by general public and yet, it has a thousand and one beauties which will amaze you. It is a big fine city with a secular History. The center, mainly pedestrian, is full of treasures and beauties, where the churches and the museums...