The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryHarvard University Press, 1958 - 465 pagine Through the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them. But the result is always a mixture. The linguistic evolution of Italy parallels this development, and presented as part of the cultural history it beomes a colorful and exciting tale.--dust jacket. |
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Pagina 308
... especially from Africa and Syria , his and his wife's home , respectively ; he abolishes the privileges Italy enjoys among the provinces ; he bars Italians from the Praetorian Guard , his personal bodyguard and the house regiment of ...
... especially from Africa and Syria , his and his wife's home , respectively ; he abolishes the privileges Italy enjoys among the provinces ; he bars Italians from the Praetorian Guard , his personal bodyguard and the house regiment of ...
Pagina 309
... especially Greek and Near Eastern birth or ancestry . But also the rest of Italy and the provinces continue to undergo a considerable change in their population . " In a word , the whole of Italy as well as the Romanized portions of ...
... especially Greek and Near Eastern birth or ancestry . But also the rest of Italy and the provinces continue to undergo a considerable change in their population . " In a word , the whole of Italy as well as the Romanized portions of ...
Pagina 396
... especially in having himself acknowl- edged as legitimate successor to William II , the Norman . When he died , in 1197 , his son and heir to the Norman kingdom , who was to become the great Frederick II , was but three years old . It ...
... especially in having himself acknowl- edged as legitimate successor to William II , the Norman . When he died , in 1197 , his son and heir to the Norman kingdom , who was to become the great Frederick II , was but three years old . It ...
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