Books in the Short Oxford History of Italy series

The twelve essays in this volume, each written by a leading specialist, present an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Italian Renaissance society, intellectual history, and politics, with each contribution reflecting the most recent innovations in the way that historians view and study the period.

The twelve essays in this volume, each written by a leading specialist, present an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Italian Renaissance society, intellectual history, and politics, with each contribution reflecting the most recent innovations in the way that historians view and study the period.

This series, in seven volumes, offers a complete history of Italy from the early Middle Ages to the 21st century and, in each period, presents recent historical perspectives on Italian history. This volume covers the period from the French Revolution to the end of the 19th century.

This volume sets in context the tremendous changes that Italy has undergone since 1945. The book describes a developing nation: an economy that has found its own road to success via the piccole imprese; a dynamic, traditional, family-centred society; and a political system struggling to modernize.

Incorporating all of the latest archaeological and historical discoveries, ten leading international historians and archaeologists provide a fresh and dynamic picture of Italy's history from the end of the Roman Western Empire in 476 to the end of the tenth century.

Presents the developments in Italian history from 1900 to 1945. This book provides a discussion of Italy's experiences of modernization, two world wars, and the impact of the totalitarian Fascist experiment. It covers topics such as the rise and fall of Fascism, Italy's industrial revolution, changes in everyday life, and others.

This volume sets in context the tremendous changes that Italy has undergone since 1945. The book describes a developing nation: an economy that has found its own road to success via the piccole imprese; a dynamic, traditional, family-centred society; and a political system struggling to modernize.

This volume centres on one of the most dramatic periods of Italian history: 1900-1945. It examines the crisis of the liberal state as it undergoes a process of significant transformation, which starts with a process of modernization and leads to the totalitarian Fascist state.

An international team of leading historians and archaeologists provide thematic coverage of this turbulent and controversial period of Italian history. Special attention is paid to the wealth of early medieval Italian written documents, such as private charters, and epigraphs.

This series, in seven volumes, offers a complete history of Italy from the early Middle Ages to the 21st century and, in each period, presents recent historical perspectives on Italian history. This volume covers the period from the French Revolution to the end of the 19th century.

This volume provides a fresh and dynamic account of Early Modern Italy, covering such themes as politics, Italy's experience of the absolutist state, the Counter-Reformation, society and economy in both town and country, family and gender, the arts and intellectual life, popular culture, and Italy's distinctive role in Europe.

Provides a picture of a period of great transformation in the political, cultural, and economic life of the Italian peninsula, which witnessed the rise of autonomous city states in the north, the creation of a powerful kingdom in the south, and the development of the Italian language as a vehicle for literary expression.

The 11th to early 14th centuries saw a great transformation in the political, cultural and economic life of the Italian peninsula. Presenting a rounded view of Italy at a time when it was the most dynamic region in western Europe, this book looks at topics including trade, language and monarchy.

An account of early modern Italy, covering such themes as politics, Italy's experience of the absolutist state, the counter-Reformation, society and economy in both town and country, family, the arts and popular culture, and Italy's distinctive role in Europe.