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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Italy--History"”.
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The Florentine Guilds
… hereafter, represent the high-water mark in the history of these great mediaeval institutions. But the formation of guilds was not confined to the city-states of Tuscany, England, France, Germany, Spain and other parts of Italy were the seats of these effective corporations,
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Can Savonarola be Justified?
… arouse the deepest interest in all students of history, and fascinate then by the ever-recurring problem of how the quiet, retiring youth, thoughtful and prayerful, developed into the man of fire, who denounced the evils of his day in fierce and trumpet tones, and chastised with bitter words the …
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The Venetian Ghetto: An Experiment in Containment, 1516-1866
… analysis of the Ghetto, comprised of the History of Ideas, Social Art History, and Literary Studies reveals the unique role it played in cultural assimilation. The Senate decree of March 29, 1516 states, “two high walls shall be built to close off the other two sides [of the Ghetto], which …
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Lucca in the Signoria of Paolo Guinigi, 1400-1430
… was the age of the rise of regional states in Italy, and the expansionistic aims of Milan, Florence and others were a constant challenge to city-states such as Lucca which desired a political and cultural status quo. Yet, it was a challenge that was successfully met; unlike Pisa, Siena, …
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Ornamentation of Italian Vocal Music of the Eighteenth Century According to Pietro Francesco Tosi and Giovanni Battista Mancini
<p>The acclaim and recognition attributed to the musical performers of the eighteenth century are reflected in the title Bel Canto ascribed to this period. The contemporary musical scene reveals performances attempting to perpetuate the virtuosity of the performers of this period and to recapture …
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Material Prayers: The Use of Text in Early Modern Italian Domestic Devotions
… drawing from material culture studies, literary history, social and cultural history, and art history, it brings together objects, images and archival sources to illuminate how devotees from across the socio-economic and literacy spectrums accessed and employed devotional text in their prayers …