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A Short History of Italy (476–1900)

by Henry Dwight Sedgwick

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  1. 1Title page
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — The Fall of the Empire in the West (476 A. D.)
  4. 4Chapter II — The Ostrogoths (489-553)
  5. 5Chapter III — The Lombard Invasion (568)
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Church (568-700)
  7. 7Chapter V — The Coming of the Franks (726-768)
  8. 8Chapter VI — Charlemagne (768-814)
  9. 9Chapter VII — From Charlemagne to Nicholas I (814-867)
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The Degradation of Italy (867-962)
  11. 11Chapter IX — The Revival of the Papacy (962-1056)
  12. 12Chapter X — The Struggle Over Investitures (1059-1123)
  13. 13Chapter XI — Trade Against Feudalism (1152-1190)
  14. 14Chapter XII — Triumph of the Papacy (1198-1216)
  15. 15Chapter XIII — St. Francis (1182-1226)
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Fall of the Empire (1216-1250)
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Fall of the Mediæval Papacy (1303)
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Last Flicker of the Empire (1309-1313)
  19. 19Chapter XVII — A Review of the States of Italy (About 1300)
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The Transition From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Intellectual Dawn After the Middle Ages (1260-1336)
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Despotisms (1250-1350)
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Classical Revival (1350)
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Ills of the Fourteenth Century
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — A Bird’s-Eye View (1350-1450)
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — The Early Renaissance (1400-1450)
  27. 27Chapter XXV — The Renaissance (1450-1492)
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — The Barbarian Invasions (1494-1537)
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — The Papal Monarchy (1471-1527)
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — The High Renaissance (1499-1521)
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — Italy and the Catholic Revival (1527-1563)
  32. 32Chapter XXX — The Cinquecento (16th Century)
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — A Survey of Italy (1580-1581)
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — The Age of Stagnation, Politics (1580-1789)
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — The Age of Stagnation, the Arts (1580-1789)
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — The Napoleonic Era (1789-1820)
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — The Reawakening (1820-1821)
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — Perturbed Inactivity (1821-1847)
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — Tumultuous Years (1848-1849)
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII — The Unity of Italy (1849-1871)
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX — Conclusion (1872-1900)
  42. 42Appendix

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