History of the Italian Republics in the Middle Ages

This is a history of Italy in medieval times, the the creation of the city-states in the wake of the Roman Empire''s collapse. 6th century that focuses on the Byzantine Empire and its most famous emperor, Justinian, who attempted to reconquer the former Western Roman Empire. From the preface: "When, in the early part of the eighteenth century, Italy was in measure released from Spanish subjection,...