The Jews in Sicily. by Simonsohn, Shlomo, 1923-2019

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A true and exact relation of the late prodigious earthquake & eruption of Mount Aetna, or, Monte-Gibello / by Winchilsea, Heneage Finch, Earl of, -1689

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A true and exact relation of the late prodigious earthquake & eruption of Mount Ætna, or, Monte-Gibello : as it came in a letter written to His Majesty from Naples by the right Honorable the Earle of Winchilsea ... : together with a more particular narrative of the same, as it is collected out of severall relations sent from Catania / by Winchilsea, Heneage Finch, Earl of, d. 1689

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Architecture, Opportunity, and Conflict in Eighteenth-Century Sicily Rebuilding after Natural Disaster by Nixon, Martin

Table of Contents: “…The Palazzo Biscari in Catania: Lightness, Refinement, and Distinction --…”
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Architecture, opportunity, and conflict in eighteenth-century Sicily : rebuilding after natural disaster / by Nixon, Martin

Table of Contents: “…The Palazzo Biscari in Catania: Lightness, Refinement, and Distinction --…”
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The universities of the Italian Renaissance / by Grendler, Paul F.

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The Mafia in Italian lives and literature : life sentences and their geographies / by Pickering-Iazzi, Robin

Table of Contents: “…Mafia Geographies of Voicelessness: Silvana La Spina's L'ultimo treno da Catania --…”
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La vis expansiva della rappresentanza : Forme di governo, vocazione presidenziale, resistenze costituzionali / by Lanzafame, Agatino Giuseppe

“…Pubblicazioni della Facoltà di giurisprudenza (Università di Catania. Facoltà di giurisprudenza) ;…”
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Sicily : a literary guide for travellers / by Edwards, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Palermo and Surroundings; 2 The Tyrrhenian Coast; 3 Messina, Taormina and the North-East Coast; 4 Catania and Mount Etna; 5 Syracuse and the South-East; 6 Agrigento and the South Coast; 7 Enna and the Interior; 8 Trapani and the West; Author Profiles; Chronology; Select Bibliography.…”
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Cavalleria rusticana and other stories / by Verga, Giovanni, 1840-1922

The Jesuits and Italian universities. by Grendler, Paul F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The first Jesuits as university students at Paris and Padua -- The battle of Messina and the Jesuit Constitutions -- Messina and Catania 1563 to 1678 -- The attempt to enter the University of Turin -- The Padua disaster -- The Civic-Jesuit University of Parma -- The Civic-Jesuit University of Mantua -- Two new universities in the marches: Fermo and Macerata -- The bishop says no: Palermo and Chambéry -- The Jesuits and the University of Bologna -- The battle over Canon Law in Rome -- The Jesuits and the University of Perugia -- Jesuit mathematicians in the Universities of Ferrara, Pavia, and Siena -- Philosophical and pedagogical differences -- The Jesuit contribution to theological education -- Conclusion.…”
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Railways of Italy/

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Between Scylla and Charybdis : the Jews in Sicily / by Simonsohn, Shlomo, 1923-2019

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Chapter 1: From Rome to Spain; Chapter 2: The First Millennium; Chapter 3: Jewish Settlements (1); Map 1: Jewish Sicily until 1300; Chapter 4: From Roman Citizens to Servants of the Royal Treasury; Chapter 5: The Jewish Community (1); Chapter 6: Scholars and Poets; Chapter 7: Merchants, Artisans and Others; Chapter 8: Between Scylla and Charybdis; Chapter 9: The King's Jews; Chapter 10: Taxation and Imposts; Chapter 11: Jewish Settlements (2); Map 2: Jewish Sicily in the 14th and 15th Centuries; Map 3: Catania: The Jewish Quarter; Map 4: Messina: The Jewish Quarter.…”
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Folk music and song of Italy

Folk music and song of Italy /

Table of Contents: “…Zumba lariulà : Maletto (Catania), Sicily (2:57) -- A la sulfatara : Sommatino (Caltanissetta), Sicily (1:46) -- A Lina lina & Urallirà : Viba Valentia Marina, Calabria (3: 46) -- Balletto : Cardeto (Reggio Calabria), Calabria (1: 36) -- Tarantella : Melia (Reggio Calabria), Calabria (3: 31) -- Alla campagnola : Feroleto Antico (Catanzaro), Calabria (1:41) -- Serenata : Lungro (Cosenza), Calabria (2:06) -- Strina : Lungro (Cosenza), Calabria (2:44) -- Uèje-elì : Pisticci (Matera), Basilicata (1:10) -- Stornelli : Martano (Lecce), Apulia (3:06) -- Ninna nanna : Positano (Salerno), Campania (1:08) -- Olive pressing song : Positano (Salerno), Campania (1:42) -- Tammurriata : Pagani (Salerno), Campania (4:10) -- Alla fiera di Lanciano : Ortona (Chieti), Abruzzo (3:00) -- Saltarello : Cittareale (Rieti), Lazio (3:40) -- Stornelli : Arezzo, Tuscany (5:02) -- Lipa ma Marica : San Giorgio di Resia (Udine), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (2:40) -- Villanella : Ponte Langorino (Ferrara), Emilia-Romagna (2:15) -- Donna, donna : Tonco (Asti), Piedmont (2:17) -- Trallalero : Genova, Liguria (3:05) -- Su tenore a ballu : Orgosolo (Nuoro), Sardinia (1:38) -- Ballo tondo : Cagliari, Sardinia (3:12).…”
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Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily : Arabic-Speakers and the End of Islam. by Metcalfe, Dr Alexander

Table of Contents: “…Defining the margins of the Arabic-speaking communitiesDemographic mobility: the villeins around Cefalù; Naming and identity; Signs of social integration among villeins: Catania and Aci in 1095; Arabic and Greek names from Nicótera in 1093; Patti: 'Saracens', 'Greeks', and 'men of the Latin tongue'; The extent of local variation: an early register from western Sicily; Onomastic data as evidence for social change; Abandoning Arabic names: the Christians of Collesano; Assessing names of mixed origin; Non-Arabic names from the Monreale villeins in 1178; The Christians of Corleone.…”
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From cave to dolmen : ritual and symbolic aspects in the prehistory between Sciacca, Sicily and the central Mediterranean /

Table of Contents: “…Historical sources and archaeological evidence about Sciacca's thermalism in antiquity (Valentina Caminneci); I luoghi degli zolfi selinuntini Architettura, miti e simboli delle 'macchine naturali' di Monte San Calogero a Sciacca (Bernardo Agro -- Antonino Frenda); Cracks, crevices and caves in the Serraferlicchio hill (Ornella Adamo -- Domenica Gulli); The meanings of caves in the prehistory and protohistory of the Agrigento territory (Domenica Gulli); Forme di popolamento nella Sicilia centro-meridionale durante l'eneolitico (Rosalba Panvini); The social significance of caves and rock-shelters in the prehistory of the Erei (Central Sicily) archaeological investigations at the Riparo 1 di Contrada San Tommaso near Enna (Enrico Giannitrapani); The ritual use of caves in Sicily between the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic burial and figurative practices of the hunter-gatherers (Domenico Lo Vetro -- Fabio Martini -- Zelia Di Giuseppe); Contestualizzazione delle grotte nell'archeologia del paesaggio della provincia di Palermo prospettive di ricerca (Giuseppina Battaglia); Caves from the Tyrrhenian side of the Messina province (North-Eastern Sicily) (Maria Clara Martinelli -- Gabriella Mangano); The Grotta del Vecchiuzzo (Petralia Sottana, Palermo): a multi-purpose cave in a karst system (Massimo Cultraro); Caves and environment: the case of Etna (Francesco Privitera); Child burials in the Grotta Petralia at Catania (Orazio Palio); The Sanctuary of the Palikoi at Rocchicella (Mineo): the Copper Age structures and the 'boiling waters' phenomenon (Laura Maniscalco); Exploring underground paths. …”
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