The poetic, heroic, and tragic defense was burned indelibly into the memory and imagination of Italian patriots, for whom the city of Rome would now forever be inextricably linked to the very idea of Italian nationalism. The story of the Roman Republic ensured that no future Italian state could long endure without the city of Rome as its capital. Download Episode 34
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Paul Kendrick
12/21/2014 09:35:29 pm
I have recently started to listen to your podcast series and I enjoy it. I am looking forward to the next show.
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Benjamin
1/2/2015 06:21:28 am
Thanks, we're glad you like it!
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Isabel
7/10/2015 10:41:21 am
Love your podcasts. I really am enjoying becoming familiar with the history of the unification of Italy. I'm not a history graduate but enjoy history documentaries on tv. I have never come across such an interesting and snappy weaving together of ideas to do with identity, nationalism, geography and war in such a comprehensive and absorbing format. I particularly enjoyed your three bonus episodes on Venice which I synced with my byzantium podcasts from the history of Byzantium and the 12 Byzantine emperors (and also the book from the same series). Those episodes were better than any pageturner bestseller. Hope you do a podcast series on Venice as mooted on one of your earlier podcasts. Keep up the good work.
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Benjamin
7/10/2015 11:48:28 am
Hi Isabel, thank you very much for your lovely comment, we're glad you like the show! I also think the Italian unification is a great combination of many different threads and topics, which is one of the reasons we chose it.
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Michaela
2/28/2019 05:38:13 pm
Hello,
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Benjamin
3/3/2019 04:59:23 pm
Hi Michaela, glad you like the show! Yep, it's from the Hibbert book, page 45 in the paperback version. I'd love to learn more about the play you're working on!
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Michaela
3/3/2019 05:29:49 pm
Thanks so much! I am researching a brigantessa named Michelina Di Cesare (we happen to have the same name and she was from my father's hometown). I think my perspective will contract some of that Garibaldi adulation. I'm still a ways away from 1860-1870 in your podcast, but I'm sure there will be a lot for me once I get there. Leave a Reply. |
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