ジローラモ・アルナルディ著/イタリアと侵入者たち（英訳） Italy and Its Invaders

Arnaldi, Girolamo/ Shugaar, Antony (TRN)

Harvard University Press（2008/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ITA
• 商品コード 9780674030336
• DDC分類 945

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2005. Beginning with Germanic invasions that undermined the Roman Empire and culminating with the establishment of the modern nation, Girolamo Arnaldi explores the dynamic exchange between outsider and "native," liberally illustrated with interpretations of the foreigners drawn from a range of sources. "A truly exceptional book ... Not only is it highly readable, it is also entertaining and informative." - Jacques Le Goff, La Repubblica.

Full Description

From the earliest times, successive waves of foreign invaders have left their mark on Italy. Beginning with Germanic invasions that undermined the Roman Empire and culminating with the establishment of the modern nation, Girolamo Arnaldi explores the dynamic exchange between outsider and "native," liberally illustrated with interpretations of the foreigners drawn from a range of sources. A despairing Saint Jerome wrote, of the Sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410, "My sobs stop me from dictating these words. Behold, the city that conquered the world has been conquered in its turn." Other Christian authors, however, concluded that the sinning Romans had drawn the wrath of God upon them.

Arnaldi traces the rise of Christianity, which in the transition from Roman to barbarian rule would provide a social bond that endured through centuries of foreign domination. Incursions cemented the separation between north and south: the Frankish conquerors held sway north of Rome, while the Normans settled in the south. In the ninth century, Sicily entered the orbit of the Muslim world when Arab and Berber forces invaded. During the Renaissance, flourishing cities were ravaged by foreign armies—first the French, who during the siege of Naples introduced an epidemic of syphilis, then the Spanish, whose control preserved the country's religious unity during the Counter-Reformation but also ensured that Italy would lag behind during the Enlightenment.

Accessible and entertaining, this outside-in history of Italy is a telling reminder of the many interwoven strands that make up the fabric of modern Europe.

Contents

Preface 1. From the Sack of Rome to Odoacer, "King of the Nations" 2. Ostrogoths, Romans of Italy and Romans of the East 3. The Longobards in War and Peace and the Origins of the Temporal Dominion of the Popes and of Venice 4. In the Empire of Charlemagne and within the Shelter of the City Walls 5. Germans at Legnano, Normans in Southern Italy and Sicily 6. The Meteor Frederick II and the Bitter "Chickpeas" of the French in Sicily 7. The Chalk of Charles VIII and the Lance of Fieramosca 8. Milan and Naples in the Castilian Empire 9. The Austrians and the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom 10. A Pseudoconquest and a True Liberation Notes Index