Southern Italy

Ideas and beliefs have proved to be an extraordinary force throughout all of history. Ideas in the enlightenment period leading to a new way of thinking, religious beliefs leading to war. For Italy, Germany and others it was nationalism which changed their history in the 19th century and led to wars for independence. Although nationalism helped Italian and German unification it also led to the breakup of empires such as the Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman. Nationalism is the idea that people of…

Northern Renaissance Over time, however, the ideas and influence of the Italian Renaissance spread to other areas of Europe. The "Northern" Renaissance refers to Renaissance art, architecture, and philosophy that took place outside of Italy. French Kings and nobles began to build bright pleasure palaces called chateaus instead of the dark fortress castles of the Middle Ages. Many chateaus had large landscaped gardens filled with statues and fountains. Dutch Dutch painters brought a new approach…

In comparison to the rest of Europe, Spain’s Renaissance is quite extraordinary. This is because Spain was not a unified nation until the late fifteenth-century. Historians attribute many factors to the unification of Spain including, “the conquest of Granada, the expulsion of the Jews, and the publication of the first grammar of the Castilian language [; which] all occurred in 1492.” Due to its late unification, Spain was not immediately influenced by ideas popular during the Italian…

1. Describe the new social class in twelfth-century Italy called the “urban nobility.” How and why did this social class come into being and how did it affect the movement toward republican government. The urban nobility is a new social class formed by the merger of the Northern Italian feudal nobility and commercial aristocracy. The people in this class were nobles attracted by opportunities of long-distance and maritime trade, rising value of urban real estate, expanding communes etc. who…

Cowboys seldom spring to mind when we think of Italy. Historians might imagine the grandeur of ancient Rome, the Colosseum or the Pantheon while art lovers might be reminded of the Renaissance, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci or Caravaggio. For others good food and fine wines, pasta or pizza might spring to mind. Spaghetti Westerns are famous and it is common knowledge that some of them were filmed in parts of Italy like Abruzzo. Less well known are the authentic Italian cowboys known locally…

– a period in the history of European culture, which replaced the culture of the Middle Ages and the previous culture of modern times. Renaissance art emerged based on humanism-- currents of public thought, which originated in the XIV century. In Italy, and then during the second half of the XV and XVI centuries spread to other European countries. Humanism is proclaimed the highest value of man and his benefit. The followers of this movement believed that every person has the right to develop as…

to their self , their peers and their work. Umberto Boccioni happens to be an all-time favorite and an all-time source for inspiration , motivation ,and encouragement. Umberto Boccioni was born in Reggio Calabria which happens to be the southern part of Italy , On October 19, 1882. He was born to the mother of Cecilia Forlani and the father of Raffaela Boccioni . His parents had originated from the Romagna region, further north. He only had one sibling and that was an older sister named…

reasons why the modern world begins around 1500, namely: 1) Urbanization, 2) Global Trade (trans-saharan, silk road), 3) Age of exploration, 4) Spread of knowledge/ inventions, 5) End of crusades, 6) Rise of monarch/pope, 7)end of black death in Southern Europe, 8) similar boundaries as today (different from the Middle Age). Of this above-mentioned reasons there are 3 salient reasons in particular these are detailed below 1) Global trade, 2) spread of knowledge/ invention, 3) boundaries. In…

explore Southern Italy during his exile? Many people do believe so because during his exile he traveled very often and in fact, the famous author B. Lucrezi states that in Dante’s work Convivio, he explicitly says to have been traveling thoughout the whole Italian peninsula. Furthermore, Dante, in his Divine Comedy, often refers to places, facts, characters, and some dialect sayings from Southern Italy. Nothing forbids us to believe that Dante Alighieri, during his exile, had visited Southern…

In recent years, Italians and Americans are revealing the distinguishing differences between Italian cuisine in their homeland and Italian cuisine in America. Substantial recognition and pride in American immigrants from Italy reflects the “Italian” classification for both cuisines. Italian cuisine, unlike Italian-American cuisine, stems from a distinguished heritage, which utilizes freshness and quality of local ingredients to produce their best dish, while Italian-American serve their spin on…