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Although the city as a central entity did not simply disappear with the Fall of the Roman Empire, the development of urban space at least since the twelfth century played a major role in the history of medieval and early modern mentality within a social-economic and religious framework. Whereas some poets projected urban space as a new utopia, others simply reflected the new significance of the urban environment as a stage where their characters operate very successfully. As today, the premodern city was the locus where different social groups and classes got together, sometimes peacefully, sometimes in hostile terms. The historical development of the relationship between Christians and Jews...
Starting from a vast documentary corpus, the result of in-depth archival research, the volume offers an original perspective on the main forms of entertainment in Pistoia between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focusing in particular on the theatrical activity of the most important cultural institution in the city, the Accademia dei Risvegliati. The survey also examines realities of secondary importance that contributed to enriching the urban cultural fabric, such as the minor stages, the sacred theatre and private entertainment. A broader overview also allows the readers to frame the scope of festive celebrations and occasions for public entertainment, presented through significant exempla.
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Oltre agli studi dedicati all’amministrazione dello Stato e al tema della continuità delle istituzioni fra fascismo e Repubblica, l’opera di Claudio Pavone rappresenta una pietra miliare nella storiografia sulla Resistenza, per la sua capacità di innovare, con uno sguardo originale, profondo e documentato, l’analisi della guerra di liberazione, dei programmi politici che si confrontarono allora, delle spinte ideali e morali che condussero migliaia di giovani a scegliere di partecipare alla battaglia per liberare l’Italia dall’occupazione nazista e dalla violenza repressiva della Repubblica sociale. L’Istituto nazionale Ferruccio Parri e l’Istituto romano per la storia d’Ita...
The 1st series is a collection chiefly of medieval documents, supplemented by the Appendice in 9 vols. containing minor documents, letters, bibliographical and biographical notices. Beginning with the new series in 1855 the Archivio contains Documenti e memorie, Rassegna bibliografica, Necrologie correspondenza, annunzi bibliografici, etc.