Military History. Jul2020, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p56-63. 8p. 2 Color Photographs, 11 Black and White Photographs.
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FRIENDLY fire (Military science), HISTORY, AIRPLANE recognition, OPERATION Husky, 1943, NAZIS, and SICILY (Italy)
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The article reports on friendly fire incident in Sicily, Italy in 1943 prompted development of aircraft identification markings that saved countless lives on D-Day. Topics include battlefield tactics had changed, and planes often flew in close support of ground forces to attack enemy strongpoints, and Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, represented the Allies' first step in reclaiming the continent from the Nazis.
History Today. Aug2018, Vol. 68 Issue 8, p8-11. 4p.
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FASCISM, HISTORY, ITALY, NEOFASCISM in Italy, ITALIAN history -- 1922-1945, and ITALY -- Politics & government -- 1945-
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The article considers fascism and neo-fascism in Italy in the 20th and 21st century. It reports on the social and political influence of the rule of fascist leader Benito Mussolini; the lack of war crimes trials in the post-World War II period; collective memory of Italian fascism; the democratic constitution; the rise of neo-fascism under the leadership of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi; and populism, the right, and Italian politics.
History Today. Aug2018, Vol. 68 Issue 8, p18-20. 3p.
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HISTORY, WOMEN in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600, CHRISTIAN abbesses, MONASTICISM & religious orders for women, INHERITANCE & succession, SARDINIA (Italy), 456-1297, BYZANTINE Empire, and 527-1081
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The article focuses on eleven letters written by Pope Gregory I between 590 and 604 about women of Sardinia, part of the Medieval manuscript entitled "Registrum epistularum," focusing particularly on five letters about the abbess Pomponiana, part of the senatorial family of Caralis (Cagliari). The letters detail problems with Pomponiana's daughter, Matrona, and her daughter's inheritance from her son-in-law Epiphanius, a church reader.
New Criterion. May2020, Vol. 38 Issue 9, p53-55. 3p.
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HISTORY, COVID-19, ITALIAN art, ITALIAN architecture, PLAGUE, and VENICE (Italy)
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The author discusses how art and history can help people get through the difficult times such as the coronavirus pandemic. Topics he covered include the historical events which challenged and shaped the increasingly cosmopolitan world, a look at how Venice has used illness as an inspiration for its greatest works of art and architecture and the role played by plague saints in the lives of the Venetians during the spread of the bubonic plague throughout Europe.
History Today. Feb2017, Vol. 67 Issue 2, p47-52. 6p.
Subjects
FASCISM, HISTORY, ITALIANS, WORLD War II, GERMANS, TWENTIETH century, ATTITUDE (Psychology), ITALY, GERMANY, and ITALIAN history -- 20th century
Abstract
The article discusses the author's claim that many Italians find it hard to come to terms with the legacy of the Italian Social Republic (Salò) regime led by then Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in the mid-1940s, and it mentions how the Salò was intended to assist the Germans in governing northern Italy during the later part of World War II. Fascism in Italy is examined, along with the deaths of Mussolini, his mistress Claretta Petacci, and her brother Marcello Petacci.
History Today; Jul2020, Vol. 70 Issue 7, p72-83, 12p
Subjects
INTELLIGENCE service -- History, REPUBLIC of Venice, 697-1797, CONFIDENTIAL communications, CRYPTOGRAPHY, and VENICE (Italy) -- History
Abstract
The article discusses historical details about the intelligence service in 16th century Republic of Venice. Topics explored include the preparations done by the Venetian Council of Ten after receiving news about the possibility of the Fourth Ottoman-Venetian War, the collection and evaluation of confidential information by Venetian state intelligence organisations, and the use of cryptography and steganography by the said Council in their intelligence operations.
BATTLE of Lepanto, Greece, 1571, HISTORY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, POETRY (Literary form), MONARCHY, SICILY (Italy), and 1282-1409
Abstract
La participación catalana en los preparativos para el combate que tuvo lugar el 7 de octubre de 1571 en el golfo de Lepanto y en la expedición misma fue cualitativa y cuantitativamente muy importante. Ello se reflejó después en una poliédrica multitud de manifestaciones para celebrar y recordar la victoria. Si nos ceñimos al ámbito literario en el conjunto de los territorios de la monarquía, fue Cataluña la que más contribuyó, en los compases inmediatos a la llegada de la noticia de Oriente, a glosar la victoria en verso narrativo de largo aliento en lengua vulgar, al menos en lo que a obras impresas se refiere. Reseñamos tres de esos textos y sus autores, prácticamente desconocidos por la historiografía literaria hispánica, y nos extendemos en más precisiones en el más significativo, el primer poema épico de materia lepantina impreso en la península. Se cierra el artículo con una reflexión sobre la necesaria incorporación de los textos de tradiciones literarias peninsulares no castellanas para el diseño inclusivo de un espacio literario común. The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571. Catalan involvement was highly significant, both qualitatively and quantitatively, in the years preceding the battle and during the expedition itself. This was later reflected in a multitude of multifaceted expressions of celebration and remembrance of the victory. With regard to literature, among the territories of the monarchy, it was the Crown of Aragon and, more specifically, Catalonia that contributed most to detailing the victory in lengthy narrative verse in the vernacular, in printed works at least, and always hot on the heels of the arrival of news from the East. We review three of these texts and their authors, who are practically unheard of in Hispanic literary historiography, and take a more detailed look at the most significant: the first epic poem on the events of Lepanto printed in the Iberian Peninsula. The article closes with a reflection on the need to incorporate texts from the Peninsula's non-Castilian literary traditions for a more inclusive concept of a common literary space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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