Oxford Illustrated History of Italy

Name: Oxford Illustrated History of Italy
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ISBN: 9780192854445

ISBN-10: 0192854445

ISBN-13: 9780192854445

Edition: 1997

Authors: George Holmes

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From the Roman Empire to the present day, this is the story of Italy. Until just over a century ago, Italy did not exist as a political unit, yet it was both the heart of the Christian Church and the seedbed for the extraordinary cultural flowering that was the Renaissance. In the middle ages, the merchants of Florence, Genoa, and Venice bridged Asia and Europe with their trading and financial activities, yet Italy remained a region of fiercely independent city-states. In the nineteenth century an upsurge of nationalist fervour was channelled by Garibaldi into a victorious war against Italy's Habsburg overlords. A political vision was finally realized and the nation of Italy was created.…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/24/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English




From Augustus to Theodosius: Invention and Decline




The Medieval Centuries 400-1250: A Political Outline




Politics and Society 1250-1600




Renaissance Culture




Italy 1600-1796




Culture in the Age of Baroque and Roccoco




Italy 1796-1870: The Age of the Risorgimento




Nineteenth-Century Italian Culture




Politics and Society 1870-1915




Italy 1915-1945: Politics and Society




Twentieth-Century Culture




Italy since 1945