Essays on Italy

Italy is regarded as the birthplace of Western civilization and a cultural superpower (Manzi, p.65). The European Integration, the Risorgimento, the Renaissance, the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical system, the Roman Empire, and Magna Graecia all had their origins in Italy. Throughout its history, the nation has produced a staggering number of...

Italian Revolutionaries of the 19th Century and the Risorgimento MovementItalian revolutionaries of the 19th century were part of the Risorgimento movement, which translates as "rising again." Italian nobility exploited the movement to overthrow foreign rulers and unite the peninsula under a single authority. While other cultures practiced a hyper-individualistic kind...

Niccol Machiavelli, a Renaissance scholar, was born in May 1469 in Florence, modern-day Italy, and lived to the age of 58. Machiavelli was an important man whose works are known as cornerstones of modern political science. He was a diplomat and politician, as well as a philosopher and poet. Over...

Paolo Veronese was born in 1528 in Verone, Italy. According to the National Gallery (n.d.), he was given the nickname Veronese due to his birthplace. He did, however, later travel to Venice, where he lived the remainder of his time as a painter; he died on April 19th, 1558. Veronese...

After 20 years in orbit, the Cassini Spacecraft is now able to launch the final step of its discovery. The Cassini would start out on a daring set of orbits, equivalent to a new mission. The Cassini will launch a sequence of 22 weeks of diving between Saturn and the...