The assassination attempt triggered a wave of popular support for Mussolini, resulting in the passage of pro-Fascist...
Italy
Explore the peoples and cultures of the Italian peninsula from antiquity through medieval city-states, the Renaissance, unification, fascism, and the modern republic. These histories trace Italy’s extraordinary influence on politics, religion, art, commerce, and global culture.
The life of the king who ruled during both World War I and World War II and...
If you’re interested in learning more about Italian history but don’t want to sit through dull lectures...
The ability of Ancient Rome to inspire was exploited by Mussolini throughout his reconstruction of Rome. By...
As the dual citizenship concept gains popularity among Americans, they look for the best global options to...
Mussolini and his Fascists effectively used violence and terror to gain control. Introduction In 1922, Benito Mussolini...
Peculiarities were due to Italian reunification political issues as well as attitudes to science and technology combine...
There was a split between the pure ideal and base reality, between sacred and profane love. In...
By Dr. Christopher DugganHistorian The announcement on the radio later that evening that the ‘Duce’ had fallen...
Power has forever been entwined with a symbolic apparatus in charge of representing it. Power has forever...
The evolution of Italian citizenship from political unification to the end of the Second World War. By...
Palazzo di Medici-Riccardi / Creative Commons The state was merely a product of these guilds with institutions...
Portrait by Jacopo Pontormo; the laurel branch (il Broncone) was a symbol used also by his heirs /...
The Stadio dei Marmi, part of the Foro Mussolini, a sports complex in Rome built between 1928...
Seduction, propaganda, and ultimate power and control. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 08.05.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief...
View of St Mark’s campanile (left) and Palazzo Ducale (right) from the lagoon, Venice By Dr. Ellen...
A gold coin from Syracuse depicting the tyrant Agathocles, 310-300 BCE. (Palazzo Blu, Pisa) / Image from Sailko, Wikimedia Commons By Mark...
The Ascension of Christ from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese, about 1340, Pacino di Bonaguida. Tempera and gold on...
Deep inside Monte Kronio, hot, humid and sulfurous caves held an ancient secret. Giuseppe Savino, La Venta Esplorazioni...
Bay of Palermo, Sicily, 1963, Samuel J. Magnolia. Mural painting, about 8 1/2 x 15 ft. Photo...
View of Florence (detail), Unknown Artist, Madonna della Misericordia, 1342 (Museo del Bigallo, Florence) By Dr. Joanna Milk...