Toward a More Expansive View of Medieval Europe: Kyivan Rus and Norman Salerno in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Toward a More Expansive View of Medieval Europe: Kyivan Rus and Norman Salerno in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Focusing on gender relations, family formation, and marriage patterns in areas peripheral to the England, France, and th... Read more
14 Aug 2023
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1hr 8mins
Judith Roumani, "Jews in Southern Tuscany During the Holocaust" (Lexington Books, 2020)
Judith Roumani, "Jews in Southern Tuscany During the Holocaust" (Lexington Books, 2020)
The province of Grosseto in southern Tuscany shows two extremes in the treatment of Italian and foreign Jews during the ... Read more
15 Jul 2023
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1hr 31mins
Simona Berhe and Olindo de Napoli, "Citizens and Subjects of the Italian Colonies: Legal Constructions and Social Practices, 1882-1943" (Routledge, 2021)
Simona Berhe and Olindo de Napoli, "Citizens and Subjects of the Italian Colonies: Legal Constructions and Social Practices, 1882-1943" (Routledge, 2021)
Simona Berhe and Olindo de Napoli's Citizens and Subjects of the Italian Colonies: Legal Constructions and Social Practi... Read more
13 Jul 2023
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1hr 26mins
Chris Wickham, "The Donkey and the Boat: Reinterpreting the Mediterranean Economy, 950-1180" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Chris Wickham, "The Donkey and the Boat: Reinterpreting the Mediterranean Economy, 950-1180" (Oxford UP, 2023)
A new account of the Mediterranean economy in the 10th to 12th centuries, forcing readers to entirely rethink the underl... Read more
3 Jul 2023
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49mins
Joëlle Rollo-Koster, "The Great Western Schism, 1378-1417: Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Joëlle Rollo-Koster, "The Great Western Schism, 1378-1417: Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
The Great Schism divided Western Christianity between 1378 and 1417. Two popes and their courts occupied the see of St. ... Read more
29 Jun 2023
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1hr 14mins
The Eternal Letter: Two Millennia of the Classical Roman Capital
The Eternal Letter: Two Millennia of the Classical Roman Capital
The fiftieth anniversary of Helvetica, the most famous of all sans serif typefaces, was celebrated with an excitement un... Read more
20 Jun 2023
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15mins
Daniel A. Klein, "Shadal on Numbers: Samuel David Luzzatto's Interpretation of the Book of Bemidbar" (Kodesh Press, 2023)
Daniel A. Klein, "Shadal on Numbers: Samuel David Luzzatto's Interpretation of the Book of Bemidbar" (Kodesh Press, 2023)
Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), known by his Hebrew acronym, Shadal, was the leading Italian Jewish scholar of the 19... Read more
18 Jun 2023
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29mins
Jessica M. Marglin, "The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship Across the Modern Mediterranean" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Jessica M. Marglin, "The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship Across the Modern Mediterranean" (Princeton UP, 2022)
In the winter of 1873, Nissim Shamama, a wealthy Jew from Tunisia, died suddenly in his palazzo in Livorno, Italy. His p... Read more
27 May 2023
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1hr 1min
Nicholas Scott Baker, "In Fortune's Theater: Financial Risk and the Future in Renaissance Italy" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Nicholas Scott Baker, "In Fortune's Theater: Financial Risk and the Future in Renaissance Italy" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
In this episode, I was joined by Nicholas Scott Baker to discuss his book, In Fortune’s Theater: Financial Risk and the ... Read more
26 May 2023
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58mins
Maurizio Isabella, "Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Maurizio Isabella, "Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions" (Princeton UP, 2023)
After the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna’s attempt to guarantee peace and stability a... Read more
23 May 2023
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42mins