A history of Italy
By: Claudia Baldoli.
Series: Palgrave essential histories series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781403986153; 9781403986160
Subjects: Italy -- History; Italy -- Civilization
Description: "Intertwining the history of art, literature, food, music, and religion, Baldoli explores Italy's history from the Middle Ages to the present. The book offers an insight into continuities across past and present day Italian culture, politics, and identity, drawing on a range of recent historiography and contemporary sources"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The "barbarian" Middle Ages : invasions, culture, religion; title: The Middle Ages of the cities; title: The Middle Ages of the courts; title: Renaissance Italy : from the European model to the "end of Italy"?; title: Under popes and distant kings : Italy in the age of the Baroque; title: A national melodrama : the epic of the Risorgimento; title: Liberal Italy; title: From hunger to hedonism : Italy in the twentieth century.