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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... emperor of good sense and good heart , used the income accrued to the state from real estate to aid indigent ... emperors of the Antonine family on , the state not only patronized , but also began to exercise control over the ...
... emperor of good sense and good heart , used the income accrued to the state from real estate to aid indigent ... emperors of the Antonine family on , the state not only patronized , but also began to exercise control over the ...
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... emperor's successors and heirs were unable to hold the empire together . Nascent feudalism was a political and economic system which , especially in the absence of a very powerful personage at the summit of the social pyramid , favored ...
... emperor's successors and heirs were unable to hold the empire together . Nascent feudalism was a political and economic system which , especially in the absence of a very powerful personage at the summit of the social pyramid , favored ...
Pagina 393
... emperor , and the Church State cutting a swath out of the peninsula between Ravenna and Rome , the south became more and more isolated from Europe . It was divided between the southern Langobards , whom no one had been able to dislodge ...
... emperor , and the Church State cutting a swath out of the peninsula between Ravenna and Rome , the south became more and more isolated from Europe . It was divided between the southern Langobards , whom no one had been able to dislodge ...
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