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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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 94
... battles for Lebensraum that Europe witnessed . The earliest Danubians , judg- ing from the finds of tomb furnishings ... battle - axes and flint daggers replace the hunters ' tools in the graves of the males , and the excavated villages ...
... battles for Lebensraum that Europe witnessed . The earliest Danubians , judg- ing from the finds of tomb furnishings ... battle - axes and flint daggers replace the hunters ' tools in the graves of the males , and the excavated villages ...
Pagina 373
... battles in Umbria and in Campania . The Germans were allowed to leave Italy and to seek new homes beyond the Empire's ... battle between Roman factions or between Romans and Germans . They wanted land , they wanted to remain , and they ...
... battles in Umbria and in Campania . The Germans were allowed to leave Italy and to seek new homes beyond the Empire's ... battle between Roman factions or between Romans and Germans . They wanted land , they wanted to remain , and they ...
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... battle of Tagliacozzo , near Lake Fucino , in 1268 , he fled north , was captured in the Maremma , im- prisoned at ... battles , proved his undoing . His antagonist , Pedro of Aragon , whom the Sicilian nobles had called in to assist ...
... battle of Tagliacozzo , near Lake Fucino , in 1268 , he fled north , was captured in the Maremma , im- prisoned at ... battles , proved his undoing . His antagonist , Pedro of Aragon , whom the Sicilian nobles had called in to assist ...
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