History of the Italian Republics in the Middle Ages, v. 15

Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de SismondiProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Foreign Language Books World History Republic SystemHistorical ReappraisalCity-State PoliticsPolitical ObservationRise and FallPower GameGroup BiographySocial CritiqueAcademic StudyItalian History

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 15 (of 16) by SismondiAuthor: Sismondi, J.-C.-L. Simonde de (Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde), 1773-1842,Language: Italian, Class: DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta, Release Date: Dec 5, 2013

Editor's review

This is the fifteenth of the sixteen volumes of Sismondi's History of the Italian Republics of the Middle Ages, in the original Italian and released free by Project Gutenberg. A historical work written in the early nineteenth century, it systematically narrates the political evolution of the Italian city-republics of the Middle Ages, combining source compilation with historical argument. This volume comes late in the set, continues from the preceding volume, and covers the historical development of the republics' later phase. For researchers, its value lies in showing how a modern scholar with a background in both economics and history understood the rise and fall of the Italian city-republics; for general readers, it is a sample of nineteenth-century European historical taste. Being a public-domain eBook, the text has no modern notes or introduction, so readers need some Italian and a background in medieval history; it is best used alongside other reference works.

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  1. Read the introductory material in Volume I first to grasp the overall framework before entering this volume
  2. Read with maps and chronologies to clarify the timelines and locations of the various republics
  3. Pair it with modern works on medieval Italian history to make up for the lack of notes in the original

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Is this book a Chinese edition? No. The original text is in Italian, released by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain eBook with no Chinese translation; readers need reading ability in Italian.
Can I read this volume directly without having read the first fourteen? It is not advisable. This is the fifteenth of sixteen volumes, and the narrative continues from the preceding volume, with many figures and events carried over. Reading it directly makes the thread hard to follow for lack of background; it is best to start from Volume I, or at least understand the framework of the whole work first.
Does this book have modern notes or an introduction? No. As a public-domain eBook, the text is essentially as originally published, without modern scholarly notes, introduction or bibliography. Readers who need to verify historical facts should prepare reference works and modern studies separately.

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About the author

Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de Sismondi Author · Swiss · 1773–1842

Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de Sismondi (1773–1842) was a Swiss economist and historian born in Geneva. He engaged in commerce in his early years before turning to scholarship. He is known for his multi-volume History of the Italian Republics of the Middle Ages, which narrates the political vicissitudes of the Italian republics century by century and exerted an intellectual influence on the Italian Risorgimento. In economics, he wrote New Principles of Political Economy, which criticized laissez-faire doctrine and advocated state intervention to safeguard the welfare of the people, earning him recognition as a representative figure of economic romanticism. His works combine careful historical scholarship with a critical, at times polemical, tone. The collection includes twelve of his works, mostly different volumes of the above-mentioned history.