A Brief History of Italy: From Prehistory to the Present

Author: Luigi Salvatorelli (Italy)
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Publish Date: 1998-01-01
Features: Luigi Salvatorelli was a renowned Italian historian and member of the Accademia dei Lincei. He was born in 1886 and died in 1974. After graduating from university, he worked in the Ministry of Public Education. In 1916, he left the Ministry to teach at the University of Naples, specializing in ecclesiastical history. From 1921 to 1925, he served as the political editor of Turin's newspaper "La Stampa" and founded the anti-Fascist "Action Party." After the "Action Party" dissolved in 1946, he continued to contribute to "La Stampa." Salvatorelli was a highly knowledgeable scholar, particularly skilled in European and ecclesiastical history. He wrote numerous works rich in content and insightful perspectives, including "National Fascism," "Fascism in International Politics," "Italian Political Thought from 1700 to 1870," "The Thought and Action of the Risorgimento," "Medieval Italy," "The Italian City-States," "Italian History in the Fascist Era," "A Concise History of Italy," "An Overview of European History," "Papal Policy After the War," and "The Church and the State from the French Revolution to the Present Day," among others.