Mary McCarthy
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The history of Florence in its great period is a history of innovations. The Florentines write the 1st important literary work in the vulgar tongue "Divina…
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PROFILE of Florence, Italy, speaks of corruption, treason and double standard. This double standard reappears in a new form in Machiavelli, the Florentine,…
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PROFILE of Florence, Italy. Professor La Pira, Florence's Christian Democratic mayor, had a dream of solving the city's housing problem. He invited…
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The writer tells everything she knows about her maternal Grandmother, who was Jewish. Her Grandfather was Protestant Her Mother married an Irish Catholic …
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The second in a three-part series of articles, by Mary McCarthy, about Venice.
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PROFILE of Venice. The Venetian Jew was greatly favored compared to other Jews, in the medieval period. He was allowed to set up loan banks, to trade with …
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John and Martha have bought a house in New Leeds, an "artistic community" beyond commuting distance. They invested all their capital, so that they could …