Why were many Italian Fascist crimes left unpunished after the Second World War? Why
were many Italian partisans imprisoned during that period? How easy was it for Italian Jews …

This paper considers the question as to why early modern Italy, despite the sophistication of
its civil society and the development of bureaucratic and legal mechanisms, was more prone …

There is no European society whose modern history has been more deeply marked by
disasters, both natural and social, than has Italy's. Disasters test the social fabric and the …

The Resistance at the root of Italian democracy is still the object of political and often
controversial debate, 60 years on. This is related to the various phases of political …

This article stresses the longue durée features of the Italian political system. It examines the
role of two historical factors:(1) the existence of some peculiar (and quite'sophisticated') state …

The 1940s were the formative years for conflicting memories in postwar Italy. During the
second half of that decade different sets of memories were linked to different political …

The article presents the results of a research group which has, over the last few years,
carried out a careful contextualization of the massacres of civilians in four Italian regions …

This article focuses on the immediate years after the fall of the Fascist regime from 1943
through the end of World War II. It asks: What did the Italians make of Fascism and its role in …

A major bestseller in Italy, Paul Ginsborg's account of this most recent and dynamic period in
Italy's history is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand contemoprary Italy …

A very good place to begin to understand the inner workings of Italian society is the cultural
page of the nation's major dailies. Italian newspapers are, par excellence, the sounding …