“…"Cities of God" is bold, revisionist history in the tradition of Eamon Duffy's "Stripping of the Altars". Drawing on a wide repertoire of ecclesiastical and secular sources, from city statutes and chronicles to saints' lives and architecture, Thompson recaptures the religious origins and texture of the Italian republics and allows their inhabitants a spiritual voice that we have never heard before…”
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“…From the 1st century to the 6th, those who didn't fall into step with its beliefs were pursued in every possible way: social, legal, financial and physical. Their altars were upturned and their temples demolished, their statues hacked to pieces and their priests killed. …”

“…Así, cada historia es un grito que contempla a las víctimas de estos sacrificios humanos que permanecen cada día en los altares de aquellos que los celebran, los ocultan o miran hacia otro lado." …”

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“…Se quest'ultimo, indubbiamente, per le sue caratteristiche si presta più del primo agli stili cognitivi dei giovanissimi discenti, anche il secondo non può essere liquidato come ferrovecchio inservibile e sacrificato sull'altare di una impostazione 'panlaboratoriale', a nostro avviso velleitaria e impraticabile. - Contracub…”