Research Catalog

Title

The Antiquity of the Italian nation : the cultural origins of a political myth in Modern Italy, 1796-1943 / Antonio De Francesco.

Author

De Francesco, Antonino, 1954-

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Details

Description

266 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

With Italy under Napoleonic rule at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the antiquarian topic of anti-romanism became a pillar of the Italian nation-building process and, in turn, was used against the dominant French culture. The history of the Italian nation predating the Roman Empire supported the idea of an Italian cultural primacy and proved crucial in the creation of modern Italian nationalism. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Italian studies of Roman history would drape a dark veil over the earliest history of Italy while Fascism openly claimed the legacy of the Roman Empire. Italic antiquity would, however, remain alive through all those years, intersecting with the political and cultural life of modern Italy.

Series Statement

Classical Presences

Uniform Title

Classical presences.

Subjects

• Italy > Historiography
• Nationalism and historiography > Italy > History > 19th century
• Italy > Politics and government > 1789-1870
• National characteristics, Italian > History > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-249) and index.

Call Number

JFD 14-301

ISBN

• 9780199662319
• 0199662312

OCLC

815824145

Author

De Francesco, Antonino, 1954- author.

Title

The Antiquity of the Italian nation : the cultural origins of a political myth in Modern Italy, 1796-1943 / Antonio De Francesco.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Classical Presences

Classical presences.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-249) and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 14-301