Fabrizio Ricciardelli

From the 11th century onwards, many Italian towns achieved independence as political entities, unhindered by any centralising power. Until the late 13th century, when the regimes of individual “tyrants” took over in most towns, these communes were the scene of a precocious, and very we ...

Quella dei Medici è una delle dinastie più celebri della storia. Indissolubilmente legata a Firenze, città del Rinascimento, questa famiglia ne ha influenzato le sorti dai tempi di Cosimo il Vecchio (1389-1464) fino a quelli di Gian Gastone (1671-1737), mantenendo un solido potere econ ...

We live in a world in which almost all states purport to be republican. Very few adhere to the Ciceronian concept of res publica, understood as “that which belongs to the popolo (respublica respopuli) […] and which has the observance of the law and the commonality of interests as its f ...

We live in a world in which almost all states purport to be republican. Very few adhere to the Ciceronian concept of res publica, understood as “that which belongs to the popolo (respublica respopuli) […] and which has the observance of the law and the commonality of interests as its f ...

This book brings together scholars to reflect upon the significance and meaning of local and regional history, focusing on how these histories impact people’s cultural identity through traditions, culture, language, and politics. Scholars from all over the world analyze the process of ...