A Tournament of Misfits

Aldo Palazzeschi

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• Aldo Palazzeschi (1885-1974) is arguably the major twentieth-century Italian writer who has been most neglected by the English-speaking world. Born in... Lees meer

Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well

Pellegrino Artusi

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• First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi's La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian c... Lees meer

The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast

Giordano Bruno

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• Published in London in 1584, The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast is Giordano Bruno's first work of moral philosophy. It is dedicated with a long Exp... Lees meer

The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570)

Terence Scully

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• Bartolomeo Scappi (c. 1500-1577) was arguably the most famous chef of the Italian Renaissance. He oversaw the preparation of meals for several Cardina... Lees meer

The Queen of Scots

Federico Della Valle

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• From the moment of her spectacular death on the scaffold, the story of Mary Queen of Scots became nothing short of a sensation across Europe. She was ... Lees meer

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings

Cesare Beccaria

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• Published in 1764, On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) courted both success and controversy in Europe and North America. Enlighte... Lees meer

Civilization and Democracy

Carlo Cattaneo

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• Nineteenth-century Italy is a vast, unexplored territory in the history of modern political thought and liberal democratic theory. Apart from Mazzini,... Lees meer

On the Heroic Frenzies

Giordano Bruno

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• Italian astronomer and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), found guilty of heresy by the Roman Inquisition and burned at the stake, has long b... Lees meer

The Ash Wednesday Supper

Giordano Bruno

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• Giordano Bruno's The Ash Wednesday Supper is the first of six philosophical dialogues in Italian that he wrote and published in London between 1584 an... Lees meer

Raffaello Borghini's Il Riposo

Raffaello Borghini

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• Raffaello Borghini's Il Riposo (1584) is the most widely known Florentine document on the subject of the Counter-Reformation content of religious pain... Lees meer

The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society

Scipio Sighele

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• The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society is the first collection in English of writings by Italian jurist, sociologist, and cultural and ... Lees meer

The First Voyage Around the World, 1519-1522

Antonio Pigafetta

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• On 10 August 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the globe. Linked by fame to the name of its ... Lees meer

The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast

Giordano Bruno

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• Published in London in 1584, The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast is Giordano Bruno's first work of moral philosophy. It is dedicated with a long Exp... Lees meer

The Republic of Venice

Gasparo Contarini

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• This book provides an alternative understanding to Machiavelli’s Renaissance Italy. Lees meer

The First Voyage Around the World, 1519-1522

Antonio Pigafetta

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• By Antonio Pigafetta Edited by Theodore J. Cachey Jr. Lees meer

From Kant to Croce

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• From around 1800, shortly before Pasquale Galluppi's first book, until 1950, just before Benedetto Croce died, the most formative influences on Italia... Lees meer

On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Cities, 1588

Geoffrey Symcox

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• The first treatise ever written on the sociology of cities, On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Cities (1588) marked a radical departur... Lees meer