Extensive glossary and updated bibliography. 833 illustrations, including 105 in full color.

    Infused with the rhythmic drive of a jazz improvisation, the immediacy of a newspaper headline and the epic scope of a historical novel, Fo and his wife/collaborator Franca Rame have performed Mistero Buffo throughout the world to over 10,000,000 people. One of the major theatrical artists of the 20th century, Italy's Dario Fo was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature. Ron Jenkins' translations of Dario Fo have been performed across the country. He is the theatre department chair at Wesleyan University.

    Morton seized the chance to explore a part of Italy that was comparatively unknown. He went from the heel to the toe of Italy and explored the undeveloped rivers of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian coastlines, met local peoples and learned about their traditions and folklore, and discovered an Italy not previously exposed to travellers.

    Translated from the Italian by Margaret Crosland.

    A chronicle of the private and public lives of the kings, dukes, popes and despots who ruled Italy in the 15th century

    In that short period the Normans spread out from their adopted homeland in the north-west of france and took their power and influence to places as far apart as England, Italy, Sicily and Syria.But the Norman achievement was more than military. The Normans created within the feudal system a method of government which brought order out of chaos and continuity out of continual disruption.