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Macchi C.202 Folgore
The Macchi C.202 was probably the most successful Italian fighter during the Second World War. It is generally agreed that the performance of the Macchi was superior to both the Hawker Hurricane and the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk and on a par with the Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V. It is not by chance that virtually all the Italian top scoring aces flew this plane either with the Regia Aeronautica or the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. At the same time, the Mc.202 is the symbol of the dysfunctions in the Italian military-industrial complex: the lack of sound industrial planning resulting in orders from the Regia Aeronautica for an exaggerated number of different aircraft; the lack of the development of adequate engines limiting aircraft performance and reducing capacity to house weapons with a proper punch; the corruption of politics and the culpable connivance of the high military spheres. The Mc.202 was therefore produced in limited numbers, while there is consensus that air war, especially in the African theatre, would have been different had the aircraft been adopted before.
Essays on Lay and Ecclesiastical Communities in and Around the Medieval Urban Parish
This book gives a definite contribution to a wide-ranging reflection on the medieval parish and the secular clergy, considered within a long-term chronological framework and a wide geographical scope that allows the analysis and confrontation of case studies from the Iberian kingdoms, Northern France, Italian Piedmont, Lombardy, Flanders, Transylvania, and North of the Holy Roman Empire. The chapters published in this book tells of dynamics of social, religious, and cultural exclusion and inclusion within lay communities, of the constitution of family elites and parish confraternities; it shows the composition and the recruitment rationales of the parish clergy and of some ecclesiastical chapters with a duty of Cura animarum; it examines the relations of the churches and parochial clergy with more prominent – secular and regular – ecclesiastical institutions in the context of the establishment and exercise of the right of patronage; finally, it explores the role of the secular clergy in the application of justice, based on the characterization of their cultural and juridical formation.
Aircraft Carrier Impero
From 1941, Italy had been developing a top-secret project to install guided rocket weapons aboard aircraft carriers. Campini Capron s revolutionary guided rocket weapon, the DAAC, which would later become Hitler s Henschel HS-117 Schmetterling ( Butterfly ), was the selected projectile. Classified intelligence on the V-1 flying bomb and other aircraft projects were acquired and then discarded when Ansaldo s naval architect, Lino Campagnoli (1911 1975), issued plans for the Impero battleship to be transformed into a modern fleet carrier. Previously unpublished documentation reveals how the last of the four state-of-the-art Littorio-class battleships, which was in advanced completion (hull components and engines installed), was destined for conversion into a modern aircraft carrier. This is an exhaustive historical review of the Impero and Regia Marina s (Royal Navy) developments as well as the dramatic story of the lack of co-operation and strategic insight with Regia Aeronautica before and during the war (1922-1943). Also, a final evaluation of the revolutionary Pugliese anti-torpedo system, based on unpublished German and Russian documentation, is assessed.
Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies
The Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies is a two-volume reference book containing some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on authors and works, from the most important figures of Italian literature to little known authors and works that are influential to the field. The Encyclopedia is distinguished by substantial articles on critics, themes, genres, schools, historical surveys, and other topics related to the overall subject of Italian literary studies. The Encyclopedia also includes writers and subjects of contemporary interest, such as those relating to journalism, film, media, children's literature, food and vernacular literatures. Entries consist of an essay on the topic and a bibliographic portion listing works for further reading, and, in the case of entries on individuals, a brief biographical paragraph and list of works by the person. It will be useful to people without specialized knowledge of Italian literature as well as to scholars.
Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J
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Marconi
A biography that traces the origins and emergence of global communication through the life and career of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio.
I disegni inediti di Domenico Cirillo nella Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli
Dal riordinamento dell’Archivio della Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli riappaiono, dopo duecentoventi anni, alcuni disegni di insetti e piante di Domenico Cirillo (1739-1799), fortunosamente scampati alla furia dei sanfedisti quando saccheggiarono e distrussero la sua casa. Si trovavano confusi fra le carte del suo discepolo e amico Filippo Cavolini (1756-1810). Studiati con cura in questo volume, vengono per la prima volta resi noti agli studiosi e agli ammiratori del grande medico e naturalista, morto per i suoi ideali di giustizia e per il rinnovamento della società di antico regime. Arricchiscono il volume, oltre a contributi che documentano i contatti che Cirillo ebbe con artisti e tipografi, informazioni sui costi che sostenne per la pubblicazione dei suoi libri, a cui si aggiunge la storia occorsa alla carte manoscritte di Filippo Cavolini e della famiglia De Mellis, che confluirono nella Società dei Naturalisti.
Riscoperta e riproduzione della miniatura in Francia nel Settecento
L’Essai sur l’art de vérifier l’âge des miniatures des manuscrits era un ambizioso progetto di una storia illustrata dei manoscritti miniati, ideato nella Parigi prerivoluzionaria da un bibliografo, le cui vicende si intrecciano con quelle della sua opera incompiuta. L’autore, Jean-Joseph Rive (1730-1791), noto come abbé Rive, fu una figura singolare e controversa nel mondo dell’erudizione in Francia. La sua opera non fu mai pubblicata integralmente, ma doveva comprendere un Discours corredato da una serie di Planches, incise ed acquarellate, copiate dai più preziosi manoscritti della biblioteca di Louis-César de La Baume Le Blanc, duca de La Vallière (1708-1780). Il volume r...
