The History of Italy, From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution
The History of Italy, From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution
George Procter
The book The History of Italy, From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution was written by author George Procter Here you can read free online of The History of Italy, From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The History of Italy, From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution a good or bad book?
What reading level is The History of Italy, From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
His agitation produced the rupture of a blood-veBsel and instantaneous suffocation. The people had dared to regret his fate ; and we may learn their feeling and the tyranny of their rulers, from a de- cree of the council of ten, which forbade them, on pain of death, to speak of the affair of Francesco Foscari. So much, indeed, had the suspicious temper of the Venetian government increased, that the council of ten now appeared too numerous a body for the purposes of vigiknce, secrecy, and severi...ty ; and by a decree of the great ooaocU in 1464, a perma- nent committee was selected from amoiig4he ten of three inquisitors of state, whose despotic authority was to be paramount over even that of their col- leagues. The inquisitors of state rendered no ac- count whatever of their magistracy. Their public power over the state was unbounded, their secret jurisdiction universal. Their sentences were re- strained by no forms, and their executions so buried in oblivion, that even the blood which they shed was without a trace.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: