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L'Italia entra in guerra

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24 maggio 1915. Dopo dieci lunghi mesi di tensioni, intrighi diplomatici, congiure parlamentari e manifestazioni di massa, l’Italia entra in guerra a fianco dell’Intesa. Giorgio Petracchi ricostruisce, sullo sfondo nazionale e internazionale, gli avvenimenti che portarono alla sofferta decisione dell’Italia di recidere le proprie radici nella Triplice Alleanza e di entrare in guerra contro i ... Read more

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24 maggio 1915. Dopo dieci lunghi mesi di tensioni, intrighi diplomatici, congiure parlamentari e manifestazioni di massa, l’Italia entra in guerra a fianco dell’Intesa. Giorgio Petracchi ricostruisce, sullo sfondo nazionale e internazionale, gli avvenimenti che portarono alla sofferta decisione dell’Italia di recidere le proprie radici nella Triplice Alleanza e di entrare in guerra contro i
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The Female Pope - The True Story of Pope Joan

by Oliver Hayes ...

For many centuries it was accepted almost without discussion that the priesthood, and pastoral work more generally, was exclusively a male domain. Women had a role within the Christian Church, as nuns or lay workers, but the giving of the sacraments was seen as a male preserve. And yet for centuries rumours and legends have swirled about that one woman did get to be pope in Rome. The Catholic ... Read more

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For many centuries it was accepted almost without discussion that the priesthood, and pastoral work more generally, was exclusively a male domain. Women had a role within the Christian Church, as nuns or lay workers, but the giving of the sacraments was seen as a male preserve. And yet for centuries rumours and legends have swirled about that one woman did get to be pope in Rome. The Catholic
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The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior

The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped

by Paul Strathern ...

Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia—three iconic figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work of narrative history. They could not have been more different, and they would meet only for a short time in 1502, but the events that transpired when they did would significantly alter each man’s perceptions—and the course of Western history.In 1502, ... Read more

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Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia—three iconic figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work of narrative history. They could not have been more different, and they would meet only for a short time in 1502, but the events that transpired when they did would significantly alter each man’s perceptions—and the course of Western history.In 1502,
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Roman Guardsman 62 BC–AD 324

by Ross Cowan ...

Series Book 170 - Warrior
From the civil wars of the Late Republic to Constantine's bloody reunification of the Empire, elite corps of guardsmen were at the heart of every Roman army. Whether as bodyguards or as shock troops in battle, the fighting skills of praetorians, speculatores, singulares and protectores determined the course of Roman history. Modern scholars tend to present the praetorians as pampered, disloyal and ... Read more

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From the civil wars of the Late Republic to Constantine's bloody reunification of the Empire, elite corps of guardsmen were at the heart of every Roman army. Whether as bodyguards or as shock troops in battle, the fighting skills of praetorians, speculatores, singulares and protectores determined the course of Roman history. Modern scholars tend to present the praetorians as pampered, disloyal and
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Alesia 52 BC

The final struggle for Gaul

by Nic Fields ...

Series Book 269 - Campaign
52 BC is the key year of the Gallic Revolt, with the near-disastrous Roman defeat at Gergovia followed by the climactic victory over the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix at Alesia.In 52, BC Caesar's continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian noble Vercingetorix. ... Read more

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52 BC is the key year of the Gallic Revolt, with the near-disastrous Roman defeat at Gergovia followed by the climactic victory over the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix at Alesia.In 52, BC Caesar's continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian noble Vercingetorix.
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Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces (1)

31 BC–AD 195

by Dr Raffaele D’Amato ...

Series Book 511 - Men-at-Arms
Featuring full-colour artwork, this book examines the variation of equipment and uniforms between different military units, and in armies stationed in different regions of the Empire.Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire frequently saw brutal fighting: most notably during the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the suppression of the Great Revolt ... Read more

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Featuring full-colour artwork, this book examines the variation of equipment and uniforms between different military units, and in armies stationed in different regions of the Empire.Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire frequently saw brutal fighting: most notably during the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the suppression of the Great Revolt
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Machiavelli - The Prince

by Niccolo Machiavelli ...

The Prince, written in 1513, is the world's most celebrated master plan for seizing—and holding onto power.Famous (or infamous) for his quote “the ends justify the means,” Niccolo Machiavelli is remembered throughout history for his profoundly insightful theories on political science.Devastating in its candor, The Prince remains a disturbingly genuine and prophetic work on what it takes to be a ... Read more

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The Prince, written in 1513, is the world's most celebrated master plan for seizing—and holding onto power.Famous (or infamous) for his quote “the ends justify the means,” Niccolo Machiavelli is remembered throughout history for his profoundly insightful theories on political science.Devastating in its candor, The Prince remains a disturbingly genuine and prophetic work on what it takes to be a
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The History of the European Migration Regime

Germany's Strategic Hegemony

by Emmanuel Comte ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Modern European History
After the Second World War, the international migration regime in Europe took a course different from the global migration regime and the migration regimes in other regions of the world. Cumbersome and arbitrary administrative practices prevailed in the late 1940s in most parts of Europe. The gradual implementation of regulations for the free movement of people within the European Community, ... Read more

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After the Second World War, the international migration regime in Europe took a course different from the global migration regime and the migration regimes in other regions of the world. Cumbersome and arbitrary administrative practices prevailed in the late 1940s in most parts of Europe. The gradual implementation of regulations for the free movement of people within the European Community,
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Truber, Ungnad & Vergerio

Territorial Churches in the Habsburg/Ottoman Borderlands

by Benjamin Esswein ...

Series Book 72 - Studies in Modern European History
Truber, Ungnad & Vergerio: Territorial Churches in the Habsburg/Ottoman Borderlands provides a critical study of Lutheran reformers in Krain, formerly a province along what is now the Croatian/Slovenian border, and acts as a case study for the rest of the Habsburg-Ottoman borderlands. Focus is given to the Austrian Habsburgs, benefactors to the reformers, who sought to adopt Johannes Brenz’ ... Read more

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Truber, Ungnad & Vergerio: Territorial Churches in the Habsburg/Ottoman Borderlands provides a critical study of Lutheran reformers in Krain, formerly a province along what is now the Croatian/Slovenian border, and acts as a case study for the rest of the Habsburg-Ottoman borderlands. Focus is given to the Austrian Habsburgs, benefactors to the reformers, who sought to adopt Johannes Brenz’
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Folklore by the Fireside

Text and Context of the Tuscan Veglia

by Alessandro Falassi ...

For centuries, social life in rural Tuscany has centered around the veglia, an evening gathering of family and friends at the hearth. Folklore by the Fireside is a thorough and insightful study of this custom—from the tales, riddles, lullabies, and folk prayers performed as the small children are put to bed to the courtship songs and dances later in the evening to the anti-veglia male gossip, card ... Read more

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For centuries, social life in rural Tuscany has centered around the veglia, an evening gathering of family and friends at the hearth. Folklore by the Fireside is a thorough and insightful study of this custom—from the tales, riddles, lullabies, and folk prayers performed as the small children are put to bed to the courtship songs and dances later in the evening to the anti-veglia male gossip, card
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Remaking Italy in the Twentieth Century

by Roy Palmer Domenico ...

Although the unification of Italy in 1870 initially defined the nation's geographic boundaries, Italians faced the new challenge of determining their nation's social, political, and cultural identity as they entered the twentieth century. In Remaking Italy in the Twentieth Century, noted scholar Roy P. Domenico examines the struggle between Liberals, Fascists, Marxists, and Catholics to recast the ... Read more

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Although the unification of Italy in 1870 initially defined the nation's geographic boundaries, Italians faced the new challenge of determining their nation's social, political, and cultural identity as they entered the twentieth century. In Remaking Italy in the Twentieth Century, noted scholar Roy P. Domenico examines the struggle between Liberals, Fascists, Marxists, and Catholics to recast the
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Sicilian Splendors

Discovering the Secret Places That Speak to the Heart

by John Keahey ...

"A wondrously joyous account of travel as it should be." – Publishers WeeklyA travel narrative that focuses on Sicily's little-known regions, from the author of Seeking Sicily and Hidden Tuscany.From Palermo to Castiglione di Sicilia to Alimena, Sicily holds great secrets from the past and unspoken promises. Tradition, in the form of festivals, the written word, photographs, and song, reverberates ... Read more

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"A wondrously joyous account of travel as it should be." – Publishers WeeklyA travel narrative that focuses on Sicily's little-known regions, from the author of Seeking Sicily and Hidden Tuscany.From Palermo to Castiglione di Sicilia to Alimena, Sicily holds great secrets from the past and unspoken promises. Tradition, in the form of festivals, the written word, photographs, and song, reverberates
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