Project Gutenberg 2011-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 288 Sedgwick, Henry Dwight 1861 1957 A Short History of Italy (476-1900) Produced by Barbara Kosker, Carl Hudkins, Jonathan Niehof (media provider) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Short History of Italy (476-1900)" by Henry Dwight Sedgwick is a historical account penned in the early 20th century. This work aims to provide an overview of Italy's history, particularly focusing on its evolution from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West through significant periods such as the Ostrogoths, Lombards, and the Renaissance. Sedgwick emphasizes key themes like the Papacy, the Renaissance, and the Risorgimento, presenting influential figures and moments that shaped Italy's distinctive landscape. At the start of the narrative, the author introduces the monumental event of 476 A.D., when Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor of the West, was deposed by a Barbarian general, symbolizing the collapse of Roman authority in Italy. Sedgwick delves into the stark contrasts between the Roman Empire’s rich civilization and the simpler, tribal society of the invading Barbarians. He illustrates societal fragmentation and the rise of the Church as a prominent force in a time of chaos, setting the stage for a complex interplay between different factions throughout Italy's history. This opening effectively lays the groundwork for exploring Italy's subsequent developments, foreshadowing the key transitions and conflicts to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Italy -- History DG Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 932303 920837 2024-09-15T05:04:36.954724 2023-09-15T10:45:37.381429 text/html text/html 914603 2021-01-07T13:37:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1115076 2021-01-07T13:37:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1245982 2024-09-15T05:04:55.128610 application/epub+zip 1253717 2024-09-15T05:04:41.063718 application/epub+zip 399196 2024-09-15T05:04:38.878659 application/epub+zip 1626158 2024-09-15T05:05:04.492199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1527709 2024-09-15T05:04:52.795615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 673286 2022-09-16T08:25:52.161624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 733698 733554 2024-09-15T05:04:34.139702 2023-09-15T10:45:34.770414 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 733279 2021-01-07T13:37:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 277680 2021-01-07T13:37:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 733361 2021-01-07T13:37:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 277502 2021-01-07T13:37:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19653 2024-09-15T05:05:04.998051 application/rdf+xml 17197 2024-09-15T05:04:39.351701 image/jpeg 3949 2024-09-15T05:04:39.118670 image/jpeg 1210759 2024-09-15T05:04:37.034704 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog