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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 35
... land is efficiently utilized pro bono publico . Of course , owners who thus lose their land receive indemnities in cash or in securities from the government , the expense to be charged to the public debt . Conversely , the new owners ...
... land is efficiently utilized pro bono publico . Of course , owners who thus lose their land receive indemnities in cash or in securities from the government , the expense to be charged to the public debt . Conversely , the new owners ...
Pagina 296
... land , the patricians , the senators , continued to be the persons of the greatest prestige , though they were socially and economically no nearer to the ideal of the citizen - farmer than today a Prince Torlonia is to a Calabrian ...
... land , the patricians , the senators , continued to be the persons of the greatest prestige , though they were socially and economically no nearer to the ideal of the citizen - farmer than today a Prince Torlonia is to a Calabrian ...
Pagina 299
... land habitually but illegally held by private owners . Some of these corrections were reluctantly instituted , but ... land , but also their practice of driving small holders into forced sales . Between 118 and 112 the Gracchan land ...
... land habitually but illegally held by private owners . Some of these corrections were reluctantly instituted , but ... land , but also their practice of driving small holders into forced sales . Between 118 and 112 the Gracchan land ...
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