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Excerpt from Italy: From 1494 to 1790 HE history of Italy in the period here treated divides itself naturally into two parts, 1494 - 1559 and 1559 - 1790. In the former, Italy for a brief space became the focussing point of European History, whereas in the latter she sank into obscurity, and her affairs were so much in the background, except for a few short intervals between 1690 - 1748, that in general histories they receive little notice. T...

Excerpt from Italy: From 1494 to 1790 HE history of Italy in the period here treated divides itself naturally into two parts, 1494 - 1559 and 1559 - 1790. In the former, Italy for a brief space became the focussing point of European History, whereas in the latter she sank into obscurity, and her affairs were so much in the background, except for a few short intervals between 1690 - 1748, that in general histories they receive little notice. T...