PREHISTORIC ITALY

• Men and Culture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age

THE EARLY ITALIC TRIBES

• Introduction
• Greek and Etruscan Colonization
• Roman Civilization
• The Republic
• Rome and Carthage
• The Roman Empire

MEDIEVAL ITALY

• Introduction
• The Lombards and Charlemagne
• The Feudal System
• The Free Communes

THE RENAISSANCE AND THE SIGNORIE

• Developments in Trade and Industry
• The Origins of the Modern State

FOREIGN DOMINATION

• The Spanish and French

TOWARDS ILLUMINISM AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

• Economy, Society and Culture

ITALY UNDER NAPOLEON

• At the End of the 18C

THE RISORGIMENTO

• The Advent of the Monarchy
• The Unification of Italy

THE NATION TODAY

• The Colonies
• The Problem of Southern Italy
• The First World War

ITALY BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS

• Fascism

THE REPUBLIC

• Postwar Reconstruction
• Developments and Problems in Recent Years