A Short History of Italy

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Author

Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, 1861-1957

Title

A Short History of Italy (476-1900)

Credits

Produced by Barbara Kosker, Carl Hudkins, Jonathan Niehof (media provider) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta

Subject

Italy -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35363

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35363

Release Date

February 22, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A SHORT HISTORY OF ITALY — A SHORT HISTORY OF ITALY — (476-1900) — BY
2. 2.HENRY DWIGHT SEDGWICK — BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge — TO H. D. S., C. D. S., R. M. S., W. E. S., A. C. S., F. M. S., and T. S.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.A SHORT HISTORY OF ITALY
6. 6.A SHORT HISTORY OF ITALY
7. 7.CHAPTER I — THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE IN THE WEST (476 A. D.) — FOOTNOTE:
8. 8.CHAPTER II — THE OSTROGOTHS (489-553) — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER III — THE LOMBARD INVASION (568)
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — THE CHURCH (568-700) — FOOTNOTE:
11. 11.CHAPTER V — THE COMING OF THE FRANKS (726-768) — FOOTNOTE:
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — CHARLEMAGNE (768-814)
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — FROM CHARLEMAGNE TO NICHOLAS I (814-867)
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — THE DEGRADATION OF ITALY (867-962) — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — THE REVIVAL OF THE PAPACY (962-1056) — FOOTNOTE:
16. 16.CHAPTER X — THE STRUGGLE OVER INVESTITURES (1059-1123) — FOOTNOTE:
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — TRADE AGAINST FEUDALISM (1152-1190) — FOOTNOTE:
18. 18.CHAPTER XII — TRIUMPH OF THE PAPACY (1198-1216) — FOOTNOTE:
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII — ST. FRANCIS (1182-1226)
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV — THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE (1216-1250)
21. 21.CHAPTER XV — THE FALL OF THE MEDIÆVAL PAPACY (1303)
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI — LAST FLICKER OF THE EMPIRE (1309-1313) — FOOTNOTE:
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — A REVIEW OF THE STATES OF ITALY (ABOUT 1300)
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII — THE TRANSITION FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE RENAISSANCE — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX — THE INTELLECTUAL DAWN AFTER THE MIDDLE AGES (1260-1336)
26. 26.CHAPTER XX — THE DESPOTISMS (1250-1350)
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI — THE CLASSICAL REVIVAL (1350) — FOOTNOTE:
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII — THE ILLS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII — A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW (1350-1450)
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV — THE EARLY RENAISSANCE (1400-1450) — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV — THE RENAISSANCE (1450-1492) — FOOTNOTE:
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI — THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (1494-1537)
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII — THE PAPAL MONARCHY (1471-1527) — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE HIGH RENAISSANCE (1499-1521) — FOOTNOTES:
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX — ITALY AND THE CATHOLIC REVIVAL (1527-1563)
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX — THE CINQUECENTO ( 16th Century )
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI — A SURVEY OF ITALY (1580-1581)
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII — THE AGE OF STAGNATION, POLITICS (1580-1789)
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII — THE AGE OF STAGNATION, THE ARTS (1580-1789)
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV — THE NAPOLEONIC ERA (1789-1820)
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV — THE REAWAKENING (1820-1821)
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI — PERTURBED INACTIVITY (1821-1847)
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII — TUMULTUOUS YEARS (1848-1849) — FOOTNOTE:
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII — THE UNITY OF ITALY (1849-1871) — FOOTNOTE:
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX — CONCLUSION (1872-1900) — FOOTNOTE:
46. 46.APPENDIX — FOOTNOTE:
47. 47.INDEX

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