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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... towns of Tuscany Florence , Siena , Pisa , Lucca , Pistoia , Arezzo are among the brightest jewels of Italy , all renowned because of their mediaeval and Renaissance rather than classical associations . On the eastern side of the ...
... towns of Tuscany Florence , Siena , Pisa , Lucca , Pistoia , Arezzo are among the brightest jewels of Italy , all renowned because of their mediaeval and Renaissance rather than classical associations . On the eastern side of the ...
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... towns and villages were created in which the farmers live together in preference to dwelling in dispersed homesteads and isolated estates . To be sure , landholdings are for the most part so small ( and often peasants do not own the ...
... towns and villages were created in which the farmers live together in preference to dwelling in dispersed homesteads and isolated estates . To be sure , landholdings are for the most part so small ( and often peasants do not own the ...
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... town with walls and trenches , and gave itself a government that could function efficiently in an emergency without time ... towns had also obtained a measure of economic autonomy . The cities normally belonging to the Eastern Empire 398 ...
... town with walls and trenches , and gave itself a government that could function efficiently in an emergency without time ... towns had also obtained a measure of economic autonomy . The cities normally belonging to the Eastern Empire 398 ...
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