The first of two volumes, the second edited by Federica Cengarle, which examine some 'original characters' of late medieval Italy with respect to the Europe of the time. Of the two conferences whose proceedings are published, the first - held in October 2000 - tried to give an account, in an introductory section, of the long-term environmental frameworks within which the path of the company is recorded Italian: the rural landscape and the framework of urban settlements, without forgetting, in both cases, the inheritance; of the Roman world. The second conference, on the other hand, held in the autumn of 2002 was; proposed to consider aspects and sectors of the history of culture and political ideologies, mentality and religious life. |