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Cavour and Garibaldi 1860
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 53.00An important study of the Risorgimento. devoted to seven crucial months in 1860. 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...
Rome and the Western Greeks, 350 BC - AD 200:Conquest and Acculturation in Southern Italy
Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 49.95The history of the Greek cities of Italy during the period of Roman conquest and under Roman rule form a fascinating case study of the processes of Roman expansion and assimilation and of Greek reactions to the presence of Rome. This book reassesses the role of Magna Graecia in Roman Italy and illuminates the mechanisms of Roman control and the process... 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...
The Medieval Idea of Law as Represented by Lucas de Penna (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 39.95Upon its original publication in 1946, this work represented a new approach to medieval studies, offering indispensable analysis to the historian of legal, political and social ideas. Research into the original sources leads the author through unexplored realms of medieval thought. By contrasting contemporary opinions with those of his central figure,... more...
Visiting Modern War in Risorgimento Italy
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 100.00This book examines the social and cultural consequences of a war normally looked at for its role in the story of Italian unification - the convergence of French, Austrian, and Piedmont-Sardinian armies in northern Italy in 1859, referred to in Italy as the "Second War for Independence." In doing so it focuses on a series of individuals who visited... more...
The Risorgimento Revisited
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00Bringing together the work of a ground-breaking group of scholars working on the Italian Risorgimento to consider how modern Italian national identity was first conceived and constructed politically, the book makes a timely contribution to current discussions about the role of patriotism and the nature of nationalism in present-day Italy. more...
Calamities and the Economy in Renaissance Italy
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century. This economic and demographic history follows the consequences of these catastrophes - the action of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse - War, Famine and Plague, all followed by Death. more...









