Reviews
It is helpful, but it isn’t fun. Even though this is my favorite subject, it doesn’t have that certain something (?)—there’s really no ‘fun’ in it. It doesn’t have that flavor. Academically, though, it’s good.
I hope you’ll have a meaningful opportunity to properly understand and organize your knowledge of the foundations of Italian history, which can be seen as the origin of Roman history. It is true that we have long neglected learning about other countries’ histories, perhaps because we dismissed it by asking, ‘What use is history when life is hard?’ But recently, many history books have been published and people have started taking an interest in history again. Interest has grown not only in
Europe has many countries, but in some ways Italy is the one whose geography, national character, and economic scale most resemble ours. This book presents Italy in the *Digest 100* format, which explores different countries, and lets readers learn how its development differs from Germany, Britain, and France. If you are interested in Italian history and culture, it is an excellent guide. *A Digest of Italian History 100* explains in detail how Italy changed and grew from ancient Rome through
*A Digest of Italian History 100* by Kim Jong-beop and Im Dong-hyeon, Garam Planning I sometimes wonder: do I know Italian history? Because of the fame of the Roman Empire, we seem to think we know modern Italy. I see this tendency not only in myself but also when I talk with people around me. At some point I began to think Italian was Latin, or at least a language similar to Latin. While reading, I came across a passage saying Italy abandoned Latin and adopted Italian as its official language,
I had seen several books in the *Digest 100* series at the library, but no country caught my interest, so I would think, ‘Oh, so this kind of book exists,’ and move on. But Italy is my number-one destination if I ever have the means to travel abroad, so I opened this one thinking I had to give it a look. Italy was the birthplace of ancient Roman civilization, the center of Catholicism, and the origin of the Renaissance; it is no exaggeration to call it a center of the ancient world. The
This book is a history that summarizes the background and context of major events in Italian history across different periods. Its 13 sections cover 3,000 years, from prehistoric times to 21st-century politics, and weave together the background, context, course, results, and later effects of 100 major events. The authors are Kim Jong-beop, a professor at Daejeon University and an expert on Italian politics and history, and Im Dong-hyeon, a professor at Shinhan University. --- Looking at 3,000
I’ve read several books in the *Digest 100* series. I remember seeing a book titled *A Digest of World History 100* on a bookshelf at home a long time ago. It felt very classical. I don’t think I read it carefully from beginning to end, but I remember thinking it was a book you could browse by turning through scenes from world history. So I’ve remembered the *Digest 100* series as a classic of history books, but also as history that is not difficult and can be read easily and lightly. The book
Dates: May 6–9, 2024. Last winter, I read *A Digest of Latin American History 100*, one of this publisher’s history digest books. I was so impressed that I still keep it close at hand and occasionally pull it off the shelf. https://blog.naver.com/for_neoend/223293679294 Then I picked up another book in the same series, this one on Italian history, and thoroughly enjoyed every evening I spent reading it. Like the earlier books, it follows chronological order. It has 15 chapters and 100 short
I love Europe. Everyone has their own preferences, but I especially love Italy. There are so many fascinating things about it: stories of Rome and Venice that I read as a child; a seafaring people; cities of art and architecture; the Vatican and the pope; distinctive cities such as Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, Naples, and Sicily; honeymoon destinations; and delicious food like pizza, wine, and gelato. I’m very interested and have collected all kinds of information, but I still don’t
*A Digest of Italian History 100*. When people think of Italy, they think of Rome, and say Rome wasn’t built in a day and all roads lead to Rome. Long ago, I spent a year slowly reading all 15 volumes of *The Story of the Romans* by the Japanese writer Nanami Shiono. I had a hard time keeping track of the many emperors and remembering their names in order. I learned what a remarkable people the Romans were from their strategy of incorporating outsiders as they absorbed European nations, their
Kim Jong-beop et al.: 100 Digests of Italian History
*A Digest of Italian History 100* is the sixteenth book in Garam Planning’s ‘NEW Digest 100’ series, which presents 100 important historical moments from each region or country. Italy’s cultural significance—as the birthplace of ancient Roman civilization, the origin of the Renaissance, and the center of Catholicism—can hardly be overstated. Korean accounts of Italian history have tended to focus on glorious periods such as ancient Rome and the Renaissance, or on particular themes. Planned as a comprehensive history of Italy, this book carefully distinguishes theories without documentary evidence from historical fact and offers a broad, complete view of major events on the Italian peninsula, from prehistoric times through today’s European integration. It explores Italy in three senses: as a modern nation, a cultural idea, and a geographic concept. It traces the peninsula’s unification, the founding of the Kingdom of Italy, the world wars and Fascism, and the proclamation of today’s Italian Republic. It also discusses the cultural prominence of the Renaissance and the history of how Italy came to occupy a geographic area similar to its present one. The book brings essential events from 3,000 years of history vividly to life, and I hope to share with readers the pleasure of discovering Italian history and the essence of European culture through it.
Korean title: 이탈리아역사 다이제스트100
Korean author: 김종법 외
Korean publisher: 가람기획
ISBN-13: 9788984355965
Reviews
It is helpful, but it isn’t fun. Even though this is my favorite subject, it doesn’t have that certain something (?)—there’s really no ‘fun’ in it. It doesn’t have that flavor. Academically, though, it’s good.
I hope you’ll have a meaningful opportunity to properly understand and organize your knowledge of the foundations of Italian history, which can be seen as the origin of Roman history. It is true that we have long neglected learning about other countries’ histories, perhaps because we dismissed it by asking, ‘What use is history when life is hard?’ But recently, many history books have been published and people have started taking an interest in history again. Interest has grown not only in
Europe has many countries, but in some ways Italy is the one whose geography, national character, and economic scale most resemble ours. This book presents Italy in the *Digest 100* format, which explores different countries, and lets readers learn how its development differs from Germany, Britain, and France. If you are interested in Italian history and culture, it is an excellent guide. *A Digest of Italian History 100* explains in detail how Italy changed and grew from ancient Rome through
*A Digest of Italian History 100* by Kim Jong-beop and Im Dong-hyeon, Garam Planning I sometimes wonder: do I know Italian history? Because of the fame of the Roman Empire, we seem to think we know modern Italy. I see this tendency not only in myself but also when I talk with people around me. At some point I began to think Italian was Latin, or at least a language similar to Latin. While reading, I came across a passage saying Italy abandoned Latin and adopted Italian as its official language,
I had seen several books in the *Digest 100* series at the library, but no country caught my interest, so I would think, ‘Oh, so this kind of book exists,’ and move on. But Italy is my number-one destination if I ever have the means to travel abroad, so I opened this one thinking I had to give it a look. Italy was the birthplace of ancient Roman civilization, the center of Catholicism, and the origin of the Renaissance; it is no exaggeration to call it a center of the ancient world. The
This book is a history that summarizes the background and context of major events in Italian history across different periods. Its 13 sections cover 3,000 years, from prehistoric times to 21st-century politics, and weave together the background, context, course, results, and later effects of 100 major events. The authors are Kim Jong-beop, a professor at Daejeon University and an expert on Italian politics and history, and Im Dong-hyeon, a professor at Shinhan University. --- Looking at 3,000
I’ve read several books in the *Digest 100* series. I remember seeing a book titled *A Digest of World History 100* on a bookshelf at home a long time ago. It felt very classical. I don’t think I read it carefully from beginning to end, but I remember thinking it was a book you could browse by turning through scenes from world history. So I’ve remembered the *Digest 100* series as a classic of history books, but also as history that is not difficult and can be read easily and lightly. The book
Dates: May 6–9, 2024. Last winter, I read *A Digest of Latin American History 100*, one of this publisher’s history digest books. I was so impressed that I still keep it close at hand and occasionally pull it off the shelf. https://blog.naver.com/for_neoend/223293679294 Then I picked up another book in the same series, this one on Italian history, and thoroughly enjoyed every evening I spent reading it. Like the earlier books, it follows chronological order. It has 15 chapters and 100 short
I love Europe. Everyone has their own preferences, but I especially love Italy. There are so many fascinating things about it: stories of Rome and Venice that I read as a child; a seafaring people; cities of art and architecture; the Vatican and the pope; distinctive cities such as Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, Naples, and Sicily; honeymoon destinations; and delicious food like pizza, wine, and gelato. I’m very interested and have collected all kinds of information, but I still don’t
*A Digest of Italian History 100*. When people think of Italy, they think of Rome, and say Rome wasn’t built in a day and all roads lead to Rome. Long ago, I spent a year slowly reading all 15 volumes of *The Story of the Romans* by the Japanese writer Nanami Shiono. I had a hard time keeping track of the many emperors and remembering their names in order. I learned what a remarkable people the Romans were from their strategy of incorporating outsiders as they absorbed European nations, their
