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Barbar ? König ? Tyrann
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00Theodoric the Great is one of the most fascinating characters among the rulers from the time of the migrations of the Germanic peoples. Like no other Germanic king, this East Goth polarised the world of his time and made an impression on posterity. Opinions on him range from glorifying him as the ideal ruler to condemning him as a tyrant and heretical... more...
Geschichte Italiens im Mittelalter
Primus Verlag 2011; US$ 26.08Hauptbeschreibung Vom Untergang des Römischen Reiches bis zum Sacco di Roma zeichnet Elke Goez die mittelalterliche Geschichte Italiens klar und anschaulich nach. Unter der Herrschaft unterschiedlichster Fremdvölker stehend, entwickelte sich rasch die bekannte Kleingliedrigkeit, welche die Landkarte Italiens bis in die Neuzeit bestimmte. Die politische... more...
People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489554
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 63.00A new view of the Goths of Italy, challenging racist, nationalist assumptions about barbarian groups. more...
Renaissance Civic Humanism
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 32.00The evolution of republican concepts compared to medieval and early modern traditions of political thought. more...
Il senso ritrovato
Springer 2012; US$ 31.99Stiamo vivendo una crisi sistemica, epocale, che non riguarda solo leconomia e la finanza, ma anche lecosistema, il nostro mondo di valori e la cultura su cui si è basata finora la nostra vita su questo pianeta. Di fronte a una crisi di queste proporzioni, occorre mettere in discussione il paradigma in base al quale si è organizzata... more...
Italy in the Central Middle Ages
OUP Oxford 2004; US$ 37.99The eleventh to the early fourteenth centuries saw a great transformation in the political, cultural and economic life of the Italian peninsula, marked by the rise of the autonomous city-states in the north and centre, the expansion of international trade, and the creation of a wealthy southern kingdom which reached the peak of its power in this period,... more...
Umland der Stadt Rom - Von der tyrrhenischen Küste bis zu den Albaner Bergen
Philipp von Zabern Verlag 2010; US$ 19.56Hauptbeschreibung Roms Monumente werden seit Jahrhunderten gründlich erforscht und sind den zahlreichen Besuchern der Ewigen Stadt hinlänglich bekannt. Doch die vielen Städte und Denkmäler außerhalb Roms sind nur wenigen ein Begriff. Erstmalig stellt dieser Band basierend auf den neuesten historischen und archäologischen Erkenntnissen die bedeutendsten... more...
The Tigress of Forli
Head of Zeus 2012; US$ 8.01?If I were to write the story of my life it would shock the world', Caterina Sforza, 1463-1509. As action packed as as a Game of Thrones novel, the complete life of one of Italy's most fearless women. Between her birth in 1463 as the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Milan, and her death in 1509 as a member of the powerful Medici family, the... more...
Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Prince
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 38.00Stacey traces the formative impact of Senecas political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government. more...
The Origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 16.00The beginnings of the state in Europe is a central topic of contemporary historical research. The making of such early modern Italian regional states as Florence, the kingdom of Naples, Milan, and Venice exemplifies a decisive turn in the state tradition of Western Europe. The Origins of the State in Italy, 1300-1600 represents the best in American,... more...









