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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 371
... troops attached to the Roman legions in Italy , demanded that land be assigned to his troops in Italy just as it had been to the Germanic foederati in the provinces . When his request was rejected , the restive foreign mercenaries ...
... troops attached to the Roman legions in Italy , demanded that land be assigned to his troops in Italy just as it had been to the Germanic foederati in the provinces . When his request was rejected , the restive foreign mercenaries ...
Pagina 394
... troops , freed the pope , and put the city to fire and sword ( 1084 ) . But with Robert's death ( 1085 ) , the unification and restoration of southern Italy commenced by him came to nought , his successful campaign against Byzantium and ...
... troops , freed the pope , and put the city to fire and sword ( 1084 ) . But with Robert's death ( 1085 ) , the unification and restoration of southern Italy commenced by him came to nought , his successful campaign against Byzantium and ...
Pagina 412
... troops and administrators who win and run the country for him . No statistics on the number of Germans in Italy are available , but it is a safe guess that there were few at any time and that no more than an insignificant fraction of ...
... troops and administrators who win and run the country for him . No statistics on the number of Germans in Italy are available , but it is a safe guess that there were few at any time and that no more than an insignificant fraction of ...
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Adriatic Altheim ancient Apennines Apulia archaeological became Bronze Age called Campania century B.C. CHAPTER Charlemagne civilization Classical Latin colonies course cremation Dante Devoto dialects of Italy east emperor especially ethnic Etruria Etruscan Europe European evidence fact foreign Gaul Germanic Greek guage Hence idioms Illyrian important Indo Indo-European dialects Indo-European languages inhabitants inhumation inscriptions invaders invasion Iron Age Iron Age cultures Italian Italic Italici Keltic Krahe Kretschmer land Langobards later Latinian Latium least Ligurian linguistic linguistic history Mediterranean Messapic migration modern Moslems native neolithic Normans northern origin Oscan Ostrogoths palaeolithic Pallottino Patroni peninsula period political pope population prehistoric Proto-Indo-European provinces race racial Raetic Randall-MacIver region Roman Empire Romanic languages Rome scholars Sicily social southern Italy speak speakers of Indo-European speech spoken substratum term terramare Terramaricoli theory tion tribes Tuscan Umbrian Venetic Villanovan culture Visigoths Vulgar Latin Whatmough 1937 written