This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Cavour’s Diplomatic Maneuvers.IntroductionSince the fall of Rome a
Rome Surrenders
From Garibaldi's brief account, it would almost seem that the Triumvirate and the Assembly surrendered Rome before absolute necessity constrained them
Naples Invades From South
. . . the small forces at the disposal of the Republic should be husbanded for the repulse of others besides France, who claimed to be defenders of
Garibaldi’s Generalship
Garibaldi altered in nothing his South American modes of warfare.Continuing Garibaldi and the Roman Republic,our selection from The Birth of
Assembly Proclaims Roman Republic
But only when it was known that the French Republic had voted an expedition, with the specious object of guaranteeing the independence of the supreme
Garibaldi and the Roman Republic
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Pope Flees Rome.Introduction1848 was the year revolutions spread
Lorenzo de Medici Leaves Magnificent Florence
The end came when he was literally in his prime. Only forty-two years of age, he might reasonably have looked forward to many years of active work and
The Renaissance Italian Wars
by Jack Le MoineItaly and its new-found wealth lures the rising power, France. Continuing our series on France's Wars. Did you ever notice
Lorenzo the Magnificent Fosters the Renaissance
"I dislike these Ultramontanes and barbarians beginning to interfere in Italy. We are so disunited and so deceitful that I believe that nothing but