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• Marano: a disputed fortress: The crisis of political-diplomatic relations between the main European powers following the coup d'état on Marano in 1542

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  Elisa Della Mea

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  Venice’s reconquest of Marano in 1542 was a key moment in the history of the Republic. The fortress of Marano was in fact at the top of its glory between the XV and XVI century, when it was contested between Austria and Venice. When it fell in the hands of Austria in 1513, Venice tried to reconquest it with every possible means. After years of unsuccessful attempts, the feat was carried out by Beltrame Sacchia, an ambitious and adventurous merchant from Udine, who occupied the fortress in 1542 in name of the King of France. This article analyses the repercussions of Marano’s reconquest on European political equilibrium. What happened on the morning of January 2, 1542, as well as making a turning point in the boundary dynamics between Venice and the Austrian, deeply damaged the diplomatic relations between the main powers of Europe: the Venetian Republic, France, the Empire and the Ottomans.

• Forms of poetry

  Paolo Driussi

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  141

  Text analysis is a wide, and rich, field for research. The formal linguistic analysis of texts is not widespread, certainly not in Italy, but can profitably help in reading and interpreting. This can easily be seen with poetry. In this article I introduce some foundations of this approach and show how they apply to two poems in order to present some of its benefits.