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The Barbarian Invasions of Italy. E-book. Formato Mobipocket
Pasquale Villari
edizioni Perennial Press collana , 2018
What caused the fall of the Roman Empire? The first reply that occurs to us is this: That the Romans were corrupt and enfeebled by corruption; the Barbarians, while rougher, were also stronger and less corrupt. When the latter had once crossed the Rhine and the Danube, their ultimate victory was assured; the Empire...
Medieval Italy: From Charlemagne to Henry VII. E-book. Formato Mobipocket
Pasquale Villari
edizioni Perennial Press collana , 2018
THE placing by Leo III. of the Imperial crown upon the head of Charlemagne in St. Peter's on Christmas Day of the year 800 marked the commencement of a new era in the history of the world. But the Empire of the West, initiated at that moment in its dual character--political and religious--contained within itself the...