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1 day ago · Early modern. Italian Renaissance (14th–16th c.) Italian Wars (1494–1559) ... The 17th century was a tumultuous period in Italian history, marked by deep ...
2 days ago · From ancient times to early modern era. Italy was unified by the Roman Republic in the latter part of the third century BC. For 700 years, it was a de facto territorial extension of the capital of the Roman Republic and Empire, and for a long time experienced a privileged status but was not converted into a province.
Jul 20, 1998 · A slow economic recovery began in Italy in the mid-1680s, but it remained weak into the early 18th century. A slump in the 1730s gave way to strong mid-century economic growth, until the famines of 1763–67 highlighted the weakness and inefficiency of government policies. Regional differences in Italy’s agricultural structure led to even ...
1 day ago · The early modern period is a subdivision of the most recent of the three major periods of European history: antiquity, the Middle Ages and the modern period. The term "early modern" was first proposed by medieval historian Lynn Thorndike in his 1926 work A Short History of Civilization as a broader alternative to the Renaissance.
3 days ago · Rome - Ancient, Renaissance, Baroque: The sack of Rome in 1527 by the armies of the Holy Roman emperor Charles V ended the city’s preeminence as a Renaissance centre. In eight days, thousands of churches, palaces, and houses were pillaged and destroyed. But, even under the repressive rule of the Counter-Reformation papacy, Rome recovered; a new era of construction was begun, culminating in a ...
Jul 20, 1998 · Italy - Crisis, Baroque, Renaissance: The economic boom of the late 16th century began to stall throughout Europe. The first signs of hardship appeared in Italy after 1585, and famine persisted through the 1590s. New waves of plague struck northern Italy and Tuscany in 1630–31 and southern Italy, Lazio, and Genoa in 1656–57, with population losses between one-fourth and one-fifth ...
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Jul 11, 2024 · The World Digital Library is a Library of Congress project sponsored by UNESCO. Items in this digital library, including books, manuscripts, photographs, maps and sound recordings, are individually described and searchable in seven languages. Most countries and regions around the world are represented.
