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Efter framgången med Hoppets tåg visar Viola Ardone att hon kan berätta en historia som få andra. Denna gång bjuder hon på en intensiv och djupt berörande berättelse. Mitt namn är …
Följ med Marie Olsson Nylander till Sicilien och det fantastiska Rosa Huset - Palazzo Cirillo. Ett palats med anor från 1700-talet, där Greve Cirillo en gång huserade och som nu …
För mig är matlagning magi. Det slags magi som sammanför hjärta, skönhet, smak och njutning. Jag älskar att trolla fram vegetariska versioner av min italienska familjs …
Best known as the author of the Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio is a key figure in Italian literature. In the mid-fourteenth century, however, Boccaccio was also deeply involved in …
This book synthesizes three fields of inquiry on the cutting edge of scholarship in medieval studies and world history: the history of medieval Sicily; the history of maritime …
The Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron is significant both for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the Decameron as reproducing an itinerary toward …
In Renaissance Italy there existed a rich interplay between two cultural practices frequently regarded as entirely separate and mutually antagonistic: the humanistic study of the …
The Sicilian Mafia is the most famous criminal organisation in the world. While its own code of honour, rustic chivalry and violence methods have been adopted by other illicit …
Since the late twentieth century, the Venetian courtesan Veronica Franco has been viewed as a triumphant proto-feminist icon: a woman who celebrated her sexuality, an outspoken …
During the fascist years in Italy, architecture and politics enjoyed a close alliance. Benito Mussolini used architecture to educate the masses, exploiting its symbolic prowess as …