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Imperial city : Rome under Napoleon /
In 1798, the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. For the next two decades, Rome was the subject of power struggles between the forces of the Empire and the Papacy, while Romans endured the unsuccessful efforts of Napoleo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2009, ©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1798, the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. For the next two decades, Rome was the subject of power struggles between the forces of the Empire and the Papacy, while Romans endured the unsuccessful efforts of Napoleon's best and brightest to pull the ancient city into the modern world. Against this historical backdrop, Nicassio weaves together an absorbing social, cultural, and political history of Rome and its people. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and intern. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226579740 0226579743 1282505971 9781282505971 9786612505973 6612505974 |