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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... peace — at the cost of the republican form of government : the So- cial War against the Italian allies ( 91-88 ) , the First Mithridatic War ( 88-84 ) , the bloody civil war between Marius and Sulla ( 88-82 ) , the Second Mithridatic ...
... peace — at the cost of the republican form of government : the So- cial War against the Italian allies ( 91-88 ) , the First Mithridatic War ( 88-84 ) , the bloody civil war between Marius and Sulla ( 88-82 ) , the Second Mithridatic ...
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... peace and war , the leveling of dialectal divergencies and the spread of the national language in Italy is bound to progress apace , barring such cultural changes as we have recognized as capable of retarding , impeding , or fully ...
... peace and war , the leveling of dialectal divergencies and the spread of the national language in Italy is bound to progress apace , barring such cultural changes as we have recognized as capable of retarding , impeding , or fully ...
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... peace to southern Italy , allowing the Moslems religious freedom there , an act of tolerance quite without equal at that period ; and eventually , in 1091 , Roger wrested Sicily from the enemy . The Moslems were not annihilated or ...
... peace to southern Italy , allowing the Moslems religious freedom there , an act of tolerance quite without equal at that period ; and eventually , in 1091 , Roger wrested Sicily from the enemy . The Moslems were not annihilated or ...
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