Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»

The article deals with Witt’s monograph The Two Latin Cultures by providing a thorough analysis of the part devoted to the twelfth-century. In particular, the article focuses on the relationship between culture, politics and society as outlined by Witt, and it approaches critically the tel...

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Main Author: Alberto Cotza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Viella Editrice 2019-05-01
Series:Storicamente
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Online Access:http://storicamente.org/cotza-ronald-witt-two-latin-cultures
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spelling doaj.art-d288a60e370b4ba29718ae9aed058b572023-08-02T04:22:12ZengViella EditriceStoricamente1825-411X2019-05-0114110.12977/stor742Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»Alberto Cotza0Univ. Pisa, Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere, Via Paoli, 15, 56126, Pisa, ItalyThe article deals with Witt’s monograph The Two Latin Cultures by providing a thorough analysis of the part devoted to the twelfth-century. In particular, the article focuses on the relationship between culture, politics and society as outlined by Witt, and it approaches critically the teleological structure of Witt’s “searching for roots” of the Italian exceptionalism.http://storicamente.org/cotza-ronald-witt-two-latin-cultureshistorymiddle agesitalyteleologypolitics and culture12th century
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Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»
Storicamente
history
middle ages
italy
teleology
politics and culture
12th century
title Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»
title_full Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»
title_fullStr Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»
title_full_unstemmed Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»
title_short Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»
title_sort searching for roots perils and virtues of witt s two cultures
topic history
middle ages
italy
teleology
politics and culture
12th century
url http://storicamente.org/cotza-ronald-witt-two-latin-cultures
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