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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... Pope Innocent III , energetic champion of the supremacy of papal over imperial authority ( to him is attributed the oft - quoted simile comparing the emperor with the moon and the pope with the sun , the former receiving his light and ...
... Pope Innocent III , energetic champion of the supremacy of papal over imperial authority ( to him is attributed the oft - quoted simile comparing the emperor with the moon and the pope with the sun , the former receiving his light and ...
Pagina 397
... pope in the center , and the turbulent nobles of the south laid innumerable obstacles in his path , not only because of his imperial ambitions , but also because his tolerance of the Mohammedans in his entourage and his army , and the ...
... pope in the center , and the turbulent nobles of the south laid innumerable obstacles in his path , not only because of his imperial ambitions , but also because his tolerance of the Mohammedans in his entourage and his army , and the ...
Pagina 399
... pope . Cities might sympathize either with the imperialist Ghibellines or the papist Guelphs , but often followed their own inclination and advantage without becoming irrevocably involved on either side . Thus Venice , Pisa , and Genoa ...
... pope . Cities might sympathize either with the imperialist Ghibellines or the papist Guelphs , but often followed their own inclination and advantage without becoming irrevocably involved on either side . Thus Venice , Pisa , and Genoa ...
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