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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... received pay , booty , and a discharge al- lowance . As they had no other career open to them , they were willing to sell their services to generals who could maintain them or at least make the most enticing promises , and to pledge ...
... received pay , booty , and a discharge al- lowance . As they had no other career open to them , they were willing to sell their services to generals who could maintain them or at least make the most enticing promises , and to pledge ...
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... received their final constitution . Also the peasantry of the surrounding countryside was fully liberated from serfdom or near - servitude , the pertinent law of 1289 speaking of personal liberty as “ a natural and therefore inalienable ...
... received their final constitution . Also the peasantry of the surrounding countryside was fully liberated from serfdom or near - servitude , the pertinent law of 1289 speaking of personal liberty as “ a natural and therefore inalienable ...
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... received in the rustic [ i.e. Italian ] language , " a concession which parallels fully the recognition of the vernacular in France , in 813 , as a language ad- missible in some phases of the cult , sermons in particular . To lay ...
... received in the rustic [ i.e. Italian ] language , " a concession which parallels fully the recognition of the vernacular in France , in 813 , as a language ad- missible in some phases of the cult , sermons in particular . To lay ...
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