George L. Williams Bücher

This interdisciplinary study focuses on the impact of a totalitarian ideology on the Italian school system during Mussolini's Fascist Regime. Italian educational policies and practices, which embodied Fascist beliefs and objectives, are graphically demonstrated. The book contains detailed descriptions of the curriculum programs in secondary academic schools, actual state examination questions, student compositions, contents of textbooks, names of excluded Jewish authors and teachers, methods of censorship, and restrictions on scholastic books. Reactions of book publishers, scholars, former educators and students are also surveyed and recorded.

The book explores the papacy's resemblance to a secular monarchy, highlighting how Roman pontiffs prioritized wealth and power over spiritual leadership. It delves into the political machinations of figures like Pope Alexander VI, who manipulated his daughter Lucrezia's marriages for alliances, leading to her husband's murder when circumstances changed. The narrative also examines the intermarriage among powerful families, revealing attempts to establish a hereditary papacy through figures from the Fieschi, Piccolomini, Della Rovere, and Medici clans.