Macrobius
Macrobius , fl. c.430, Latin writer and philosopher. His Saturnalia, a dialogue in seven books chiefly concerned with a literary evaluation of Vergil, incorporates valuable quotations from other writers. He also wrote a commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio, which was popular in the Middle Ages and influenced Chaucer.
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Striking a blow for freedom: Jad Adams traces the momentous and paradoxical consquences of a failed assassination attempt.(Cross Current)(Felice Orsini)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; DASHING ITALIAN PATRIOT Felice Orsini received a rapturous welcome in...in Mantua on a Sunday morning. Orsini's account of his escape was translated...The Memoirs and Adventures of Felice Orsini followed in 1857. While he toured...
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The Orsini affair and the crisis of 1858: Terry Jenkins explains why a failed assassination attempt on Napoleon III brought down the British government in 1858.
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...of their cause. The ringleader, Felice Orsini, and his associate, Pierri, were...the public debate surrounding the Orsini affair also raised sensitive questions...governments when they learned that Orsini, and most of his fellow conspirators...
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A Renaissance woman rescued from obscurity.(The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Marriage into the Orsini family immeasurably enriched not only Felice but also the narrative...Murphy trawls the Orsini archives, her authorial...gains command and Felice emerges as a woman...in 1517, he made Felice the Orsini regent. Her sons...
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The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della Rovere.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...influence uncertain. Felice came into her own only...well-endowed old Roman Orsini family. Political maneuvering...power rested, consumed Felice's considerable energies...gubernatrix" of the Orsini. The story unfolds in...the intricate webs of Felice's life and alliances...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/14/1997; 640 words
; ...was ceded to the King of Sweden by the King of Denmark, 1814; an attempt was made on the life of Napoleon III by Felice Orsini, an Italian revolutionary, 1858; Queen Victoria heard a concert relayed to her by telephone, 1878; Puccini's...
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Wednesday, Jan. 14
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/7/2004; ; 671 words
; ...and Spain form alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte. 1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in Treaty of Kiel. 1858 - Felice Orsini's plot to assassinate Napoleon III is uncovered. 1867 - Peru declares war on Spain. 1907 - Earthquake in Jamaica...
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Tuesday, Jan. 14
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/8/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...and Spain form alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte. 1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in Treaty of Kiel. 1858 - Felice Orsini's plot to assassinate Napoleon III is uncovered. 1867 - Peru declares war on Spain. 1900 - The Puccini opera Tosca...
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Wednesday, January 14
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/7/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...and Spain form alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte. 1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in Treaty of Kiel. 1858 - Felice Orsini's plot to assassinate Napoleon III is uncovered. 1867 - Peru declares war on Spain. 1907 - Earthquake in Jamaica...
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Monday, January 14
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...and Spain form alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte. 1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in Treaty of Kiel. 1858 - Felice Orsini's plot to assassinate Napoleon III is uncovered. 1867 - Peru declares war on Spain. 1907 - Earthquake in Jamaica...
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Friday, Jan. 14
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...and Spain form alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte. 1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in Treaty of Kiel. 1858 - Felice Orsini's plot to assassinate Napoleon III is uncovered. 1867 - Peru declares war on Spain. 1907 - Earthquake in Jamaica...
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Felice Orsini
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Felice Orsini , 1819-58, Italian patriot who attempted to assassinate the French emperor Napoleon III. He was a follower of Mazzini in the...
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Orsini, Felice
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Orsini, Felice (1819–58) Italian revolutionary. After being implicated in revolutionary plots, he was condemned in 1844 to life...
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Jules Favre
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...government. Under Emperor Napoleon III he was a leader of the constitutional opposition. In 1858 he courageously defended Felice Orsini . At the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Favre served briefly as foreign minister of the provisional government...
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Volonté, Gian Maria
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Comencini) 1962 Un uomo da bruciare (A Man for Burning ) (Orsini and Taviani) (as Salvatore); Le quattro giornate de Napoli...Cristo Bedoya); Un ragazzo di Calabria (Comencini) (as Felice) 1988 Oeuvre au noir (The Abyss ) (Delvaux) (as Prior...
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