Greater States of Continental Europe

Excerpt from The Greater States of Continental Europe: Syllabus Prepared for the Graduating Classes of the Cornell University 1. End of the Italian Republic and Republican Liberties. Want of Civil Liberty. Intense local spirit. Anarchy. Two causes of Foreign Intervention. 2. Final Blow to Italian Liberty and Independence. Charles V.; his coronation at Bologna, February, 1530. Ferruci's struggle. 3. General Summary of Italian History from the Loss of Independence to the French Revolution. Divisions in territory; - in political action and feeling. Civil War between rival territories, as Genoa and Corsica; between rival houses, as Barberini and Farnese; between rival factions, as the Inscribed and Uninscribed nobles of Genoa. Insurrections of mobs, as of Masaniello at Naples: insurrections headed by schemers, as of Fiesco at Genoa: insurrections headed by patriots, as of Burlamacchi at Lucca. Tyranny and Luxury, as of the Gonzaga, Este and other reigning families. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.