The best platform to get and learn more about the Italian history. Benefited alot from this source. Thank you

I know this might not be the best place for this question, but I figured people here who are interested in Italy's history and culture might have some good insights. Lately, I've been seeing a lot of stuff online about Italian mail order brides, and I’m curious if this is actually legit or just a myth? Some websites claim you can meet Italian women for marriage, but it feels a bit sketchy. Has anyone here heard of this, or know if it's safe? Is this even legal or just a scam? I’d really appreciate any recommendations or feedback from those who know more about Italian culture!

Unfortunately, most people, even so-called experts in history, know nearly nothing about the real deal of the Medieval European civilization. A lot of this great civilization rested on the shoulders of the Italian States and their impressive achievements, which ranged from politics and warfare to culture and economy.

https://youtu.be/y56NtsIYNhU?si=CDVCGgnC8Du25Pxa

This video goes into amazing depth to explain some of the most important aspects of High Medieval Italy and its powerful military machine, which was at the top of the food chain even when faced against more famous powers like France or England.

I was hoping to get some book recommendations on Italian history. My roots go back to Calabria, so if it focused on southern Italy, even better.

Thanks in advance.

Since a long time I'm on the frustrating search for this book:

"La Cronica d'Italia" written by a Pietro Boccalini d'Orta (in old texts also written as Boccalino d'Orta, the book is there refered as "Historia d'Italia" or, what may be wrong, Boccalmo d'Orta).

The only thing I know is that Pietro Boccalini was born in 1556 in Treviso and died in 1608, the book was published posthumus in 1615.

Is there any version online?

any tips for finding Caterina Sforza’s manuscripts? or primary sources surrounding her? specifically ones that are translated/ have some sort of explanation?

I would like to know how children, young adults and elderly would spend their days please.

Thanks!

From what I have seen, Italian dog tags have only one tag, so how did they not care like others with a sister link or one tag that breaks in two to be able to identify a body later on. Weren’t italian soldiers unidentifiable if there dog tag had been taken from there body after a battle.

Simple, straightforward question. As my friend and I have been discussing the Papacy and the Italian State an argument has arisen about the two. She believes that the Catholic Church was strong armed into the Lateran Treaty by the Facists and I contend that the Vatican just refused to have relations with a democratically elected government. To the point I have to ask, what is the same and what's different about the two works. To me they seem almost identical with a little difference in the money and the amount of land.

I have my bachelor's thesis on Italian nationalism and I wanted to know what are the best books on this subject. Books in English and Italian. Thanks.

Hi all. While studying Mitrokhin's archive, I came across an event - 20 years ago an investigation took place in Italy, which did not confirm a single case of the recruitment of Italian politicians by the KGB. Tell me, how high-quality was that investigation? Could the investigators have missed anything?

I know of most of the families with power like the Medici, Sforza's, Della Rovere's, the d'Este and other, but I would just like to know what people think are the big ones and even the smaller ones as this is one of the kinds of history I like. Thanks,

Hello everybody. I am an Italian that writes for his own enjoyment. I have a quick historical question, with a premise.

Apparently, when Bram Stoker wrote Dracula he just randomly picked a creepy historical figure of Wallachia to turn him into a vampire, without even much knowledge on the historical figure If I was to do something similar with an Italian nobleman, which ones are possible. I would like it not from the Renaissance, if possible actually from the Longobards. I remember Bernabò Visconti from classes in uni.

Thanks in advance for the help!!!

What was the relation between the two in practice? How did they interact ideologically? Where can I learn more about this? I’ve read Martin‘s biography of Gobetti but I would like to learn more about the ideas of the people who actually led the party.

I'm writing a paper for University comparing the view on sports between the fascist leaders in Portugal and Italy and I wanted to do it by using what the press published about it (with the censorship and all) from 1933 and 1945, more or less. I wanted to study La Gazzetta dello sport, but I don't understand Italian and haven't found digital archives from that period. If you're reading this and you're Italian, could you help me please?