Roman & Rinascimento:
Crux of Western Civilization: Yale Prof. Mazzotta Must State the Obvious
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Professor
and Chair of the Italian Department of
This seems
as obvious as lecturing on the importance of the influence of the Sun on the
Earth.
The answer
is just as the Earth could not exist without the Sun, Western Civilization
would be UNRECOGNIZABLE without the Influence of Italy ( Roman Culture and the Italian Renaissance).
I would
offer that Western Civilization would be indistinguishable from Muslim Culture.
Why???
Muslims
had invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 711 AD, and advanced into France, when
Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer) (August 23, 686- October 22 741), [and is best remembered for] leading a Frankish army
that won the Battle of Tours (more correctly the Battle of Poitiers) in 732, which has been characterized as the
salvation of Europe from a Muslim army fighting to spread Islam. [The
Muslims were not expelled until 1492]
[As an
Aside: The Islam/Muslim/Arab/Berber peoples that were inhabitants of
the region of the continent of Africa north of the Sahara desert and west
of the Nile - specifically, the modern countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,
and to a lesser extent Libya and Mauritania were traditionally called Moors by
Europeans.
The
European usage was to refer to any Non-Christian inhabitants of the area; and
after North African Muslims conquered
Less than
37 years later, in 1529 and again in 1566, the Ottoman Turks
(Muslims) tried to capture Vienna, the capital of the Holy Roman Empire in
the heart of Europe. Both assaults on the city failed. Again, more than 100
years later, in 1683, the Ottomans layed siege
to
There is
an interesting comparison, in the recent Muslim Immigration in
The
Muslims failed militarily to conquer
The
Mexicans that Militarily took the South West US from
the Indians, but then were expelled by the US Militarily,
are now
Infiltrating the
All very
interesting and thought provoking, But let us Not
Forget the Original Point.
Western
Civilization would be UNRECOGNIZABLE without the Influence of Italy
(Roman Culture and the Italian Renaissance.
Thanks to Nicola Linza
OU Daily (
by The Daily staff report
Students interested in the influence
of the Italian Renaissance on artists, writers and creators of different
countries can attend a lecture
Professor and Chair of
the Italian Department of
“To understand
Cervantes, we have to know, very well, the Renaissance,” Mazzotta said.
Cervantes is best
known for his creation of Don Quixote, one of the most famous figures in
Spanish literature.
Mazzotta said the subjects he
will lecture about today tie deeply into Roman culture and the myths that
surround it. This is also a topic he is writing about in his current book in
progress. Mazzotta has previously published various essays and books on topics
ranging from Dante to Petrarch.
“Italian should play a
crucial role in universities because it has architecture, opera, theater,
painting and religious life, and they are all together,” Mazzotta said.
Unique from other cultures,
Mazzotta said in
“We have to do more and
pay attention to that phenomenon,” he said. “
Giuseppe Mazzotta Professor
and Chairman of the Yale Italian Department
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