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  Sigismondo Malatesta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Portrait of Sigismondo Malatesta by Piero della Francesca.
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417 – 1468), popularly known as the wolf of Rimini, was lord of Rimini, Fano, and Cesena from 1432.
Malatesta's reputation (albeit minor) was largely based on Pius II's perception of him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigismondo_Malatesta   (300 words)

  
 Errico Malatesta Page from the Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia: A Gallery of Saints & Sinners; Labor, Radical, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Malatesta was a wealthy man who put his entire fortune at the disposal of the cause.
Malatesta took part in the Xeres insurrection in Spain, in the General Strike of 1895 in Belgium, & spent years of exile & imprisonment in England, France, & Switzerland.
Malatesta was found innocent & the thieves were killed in a police raid on their hideout.
recollectionbooks.com /bleed/Encyclopedia/MalatestaErrico.htm   (1561 words)

  
 Nettlau Biography of Malatesta
Malatesta was only a short time in Alexandria, Egypt, where a very large Italian colony exists, when in Italy Passamante made an attempt on the life of King Umberto which led to a recrudescence of persecutions all over Italy from which he would not have escaped, if he had continued to stay there.
Malatesta may not have wished to waste his life so far away; news from Italy or the general revival of Socialism, just beginning in 1889 and marked by the London dock strike, the first of May (1890), etc., may have prompted him, and the means for a new printing propaganda were also available.
Malatesta also saw at closest quarters the life of the many French Anarchists who, principally between 1892 and 1894, took shelter in London and were considerably exposed to spying and to actual persecutions which led to extraditions like that of Meunier, who had avenged the betrayal of Ravachol.
dwardmac.pitzer.edu /anarchist_archives/malatesta/nettlau/nettlauonmalatesta.html   (16090 words)

  
 The Life and Times of Malatesta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Errico Malatesta was born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere in the province of Caserta, Italy, on December 14, 1853.
Malatestas membership was turned down on the grounds that he was too socialistic and that he would probably not last long, but would leave and join the International.
Malatesta was now 70, he could not carry on in politics in that climate so he went back to his day job as an electrician mechanic.
flag.blackened.net /revolt/talks/malatesta.html   (3042 words)

  
 Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Catholicism: Reference: Catholic ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Malatesta, House of - The name of an Italian family prominent in the history of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, famous alike in the poetry of Dante and in the annals of the early Renaissance.
Medici, House of - A Florentine family, the members of which, having acquired great wealth as bankers, rose in a few generations to be first the unofficial rulers of the republic of Florence and afterwards the recognized sovereigns of Tuscany.
Monasteries, Double - Religious houses comprising communities of both men and women, dwelling in contiguous establishments, united under the rule of one superior, and using one church in common for their liturgical offices.
dmoz.org /Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Catholicism/Reference/Catholic_Encyclopedia/M   (14059 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: House of Malatesta
The founder of their power was Malatesta da Verrucchio (died 1312), the leader of the Guelphs in Romagna, who in 1295 made himself master of Rimini by the slaughter of the chief members of the rival Ghibelline family, the Parcitati.
While many of the family were notorious for their crimes and cruelty, two were men of remarkable virtue: Carlo (died 1429), a staunch supporter of the Church, who represented Gregory XII at the Council of Constance, and Galeotto Roberto (died 1432), who became a Franciscan and shortened his life by his austerities.
SIGISMONDO MALATESTA (born 1417; died 1468) was a son of Pandolfo di Galeotto Malatesta, the descendant of a half-brother of Gianciotto.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09566a.htm   (818 words)

  
 Anarchisms greatest : Errico Malatesta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Others, like Errico Malatesta, are famous because their very lives epitomised the development of anarchist politics, and reflected the setbacks and advances of the movement.
He had always said that the anarchist movement needed to be as visible as possible, and this change reflects his coming to believe, as did the wider anarchist movement, that this is incompatible with the strategy of 'propaganda by the deed'.
Perhaps though, Malatesta is celebrated because he combined all of these so well, exemplifying thought expressed in deed, ideas backed up by action, and all driven by a fierce commitment to freedom.
struggle.ws /revolt/ws/errico48.html   (715 words)

  
 How Can the Working Class transform the ’Economy’ in its own i?O!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Malatesta was influenced by the thought that somehow Fascism would collapse, due to antagonisms between the different currents within it, or antagonism from sections of the ruling class that were supporting it for the time being, or as a result of a mass uprising or as combination of these factors.
Malatesta quite correctly points out that a General Union was impossible, as opposing tendencies within anarchism could not long last within the same organisation, quoting the Platform itself on this question.
Malatesta criticises the concept of collective responsibility and then elaborates on something that seems to be exactly what the Platform means by collective responsibility.
flag.blackened.net /af/org/issue46/rev2.html   (1951 words)

  
 On Pound and Sigismondo Malatesta
Sigismondo Malatesta (1417-1468) is known to posterity for a single mission that he pursued for more than a decade: his sponsorship of the reconstruction of the church of San Francesco, often called the Tempio Malatestiano, in the town of Rimini.
By law the Malatestas were not the rulers of Rimini and the surrounding countryside but vicars of the church who, in return for an annual fee, were granted absolute control over all taxation and legal matters.
There was the founder of the dynasty, Malatesta da Verucchio: "He knows what he wants and he places his life as a pledge for his will." And the culmination was Sigismondo Malatesta, the "warrior" who had "the heart of a poet," a figure whose "desperate energy" and "passionateness" impressed itself in his every deed.
www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/poets/m_r/pound/poundandmalatesta.htm   (6823 words)

  
 Don Pasquale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Dr Malatesta tells him that he is fit to father children, but suggests his sister Sofronia as a candidate for marriage.
Malatesta now persuades Don Pasquale to tell her that the next day Norina will be mistress of the house, married to Ernesto.
Malatesta gives a glowing description of his supposed sister in Bella siccome un angelo (As beautiful as an angel) and Norina's Quel guardo il cavaliere (So looks the knight) marks her reading a tale of romantic chivalry in the second scene.
www.naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Don_Pasquale.htm   (396 words)

  
 Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center - 2005-06 Broadcasts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Malatesta, calling on Pasquale in his sunny morning room, suggests as a bride his own beautiful younger sister, whom he compares to an angel.
Their idyll is interrupted by Pasquale and Malatesta — too late to catch the young man, who slips into the house while Norina plays the innocent wife.
Malatesta now announces that Ernesto is about to introduce his own bride, Norina, into the house.
operainfo.org /broadcast/operaSynopsis.cgi?id=117&language=1   (663 words)

  
 Don Pasquale
Malatesta, but Pasquale tells him that Malatesta heartily approves of the match, for the bride is Malatesta's sister.
Malatesta dictates to the "notary" the contract, which of course contains a clause by which Pasquale leaves half his property to "Sofronia." Pasquale eagerly signs it, and "Sofronia" is about to do so when a clamor outside makes her drop the pen.
Malatesta then hurries the "ceremony" along by having Ernesto sign as a witness, and the notary pronounces the couple husband and wife.
www.reginaopera.org /don.htm   (1556 words)

  
 The Anarchist Encyclopedia from the Daily Bleed: A Gallery of Saints & Sinners; Labor, Radical, Arts, Authors, Poets, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Malatesta lived virtually under house arrest by the Fascist government during the last years of his life.
That same year he was arrested and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment, and while waiting to serve his sentence he went to Naples and helped to nurse the victims of a cholera epidemic (as did many other anarchists and socialists).
Malatesta was found innocent and the thieves were killed in a police raid on their hideout.
recollectionbooks.com /bleed/sinners/MalatestaErrico.htm   (1056 words)

  
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The houses of the city were built on piles; canals instead of streets formed the means of communication, and these were always filled with water artificially conducted from the southern estuary of the Po.
In the fifteenth, Castel Durante was acquired from the Brancaleoni by warfare, and Fossombrone from the Malatestas by purchase.
This Duke married Leonora Gonzaga, a princess of the House of Mantua.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/4/6/3/14634/14634-8.txt   (20491 words)

  
 Opera Today : DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale
Meanwhile, Malatesta instructs Norina to impersonate Sofronia and to marry Don Pasquale in a mock wedding ceremony.
Malatesta puts his scheme to Ernesto, who is to pose as the lover of Sofronia.
Relieved that he is not married to the diabolical Sofronia, Don Pasquale forgives all and consents to the marriage of Ernesto and Norina.
www.operatoday.com /content/2006/03/donizetti_don_p.php   (931 words)

  
 PERO TAFUR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This church, so it is said, was the house in which Rome kept her treasure, and there is the Tarpeian Gate, which Caesar opened when he took out the treasure, and which until that hour had always been closed.
Anna, the house where St. Peter denied Our Lord (here is also the stone with which the sepulchre was closed); the houses of St. James, the Greater and, the Less, and the grave of Absalom which is situated outside the city.
The heat is very great, and consequently the houses are built for the most part with openings towards the river, so that water can be collected easily, and at times the fish come in through the openings and are washed up on to the ground and caught.
www.corvalliscommunitypages.com /Europe/iberianonislam/pero.htm   (20950 words)

  
 Veterans home is just around the corner
Malatesta's group has waited 20 years for the home, meeting every month for two decades at the Bustleton Memorial American Legion Post 810 on Old Newtown Road.
Satisfied that the project is becoming a reality, Malatesta now hopes the finished product has all the amenities for the veterans.
The nursing home should be as pleasant as possible," said Malatesta, who served in the Navy amphibious forces in World War II from 1942 to '45.
www.northeasttimes.com /2001/0815/cover.html   (926 words)

  
 Pesaro
The house of Malatesta gained power there in the 13th cent.; it was succeeded by the Sforza (15th–16th cent.) and by the dukes of Urbino (16th–17th cent.) In 1631 the city passed directly under the Holy See.
Of note in Pesaro are the ducal palace (15th cent.); the municipal museum containing paintings and a fine collection of ceramics; the Rocca Constanza, a fortress of the Sforza; and the Villa Imperiale, which has 16th-century frescoes.
Malatesta - Malatesta, Italian family, ruling Rimini and nearby cities for almost 300 years from the 13th to...
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It was a letter of introduction from the Marquise de Rieu to a princess of the House of France, a near relative of the Comte de Chambord, who, old and a widow, lived in retirement near the gates of Florence.
He is exiled from his house, the roof of which smokes in the silence of night; from the fat prairies where the oxen graze; from the fields and the paternal woods.
Choulette, lodged, by Miss Bell's attention, in the house of a sacristan's widow, in the shadow of the cathedral of Fiesole, was not expected until dinner.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/3/9/2/3922/3922.txt   (22783 words)

  
 FOX23 News - Coverage & Convenience Woman Looks for Help A Month After Wild Truck Crash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
One month after a front loader barreled down Parition Street tossing her car and SUV in the air, Mary Malatesta says she's still waiting for the owner of that truck to pay up.
Malatesta said, “I thought he was a decent person and he'd make right with it.”
In the 30 days after the crash, Valente's insurance picked up the tab for a rental car but that ended and after that she says when she tried to get answers from Valente he told her on this voice mail from last week.
www.fox23news.com /news/local/story.aspx?content_id=C1257B36-644F-47E8-8BBE-9B425A89A863   (466 words)

  
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It began life as the chapel of a Franciscan convent, but was selected by Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta to house the family tombs; reconstruction began in 1447.
The interior is more a celebration of Ancient Roman décor, a sumptuous celebration of the decorative arts that gives a good idea of what the Malatesta court must have been like, at least on the surface: frivolous and fun-loving.
The sacristy is followed b a chapel dedicated to Archangel Michael (in the niche, striking down the Evil One), with scenes of angels singing and dancing on the pilasters, and Isotta Delgi Atti's spectacular tomb set into the wall.
www.southfloridagourmet.com /newsite/travel.html   (2064 words)

  
 Don Pasquale Gaetano Donizetti - synopsis libretto summary roles opera performances composer resources CD DVD VHS book
Everything is arranged; and Norina is brought to Don Pasquale's house, where, after some hesitation, she agrees to sign the contract on the arrival of the notary.
Finally, the limit of his patience is reached on discovering a love-letter amongst the flighty Norina's papers; and when Dr Malatesta comes in to condole with him on this ill-assorted contract, he declares he will turn the frivolous lady away from his house.
Malatesta then paves the way for the revealing of his plot; and, the old Don, thoroughly wearied with his recent experiences, is only too glad to discover that he is not really con-tracted to such a troublesome partner, and willingly hands her over to his delighted nephew.
www.allaboutopera.com /opera_synopses.php?opera_ndx=8   (263 words)

  
 summary
The hip-roofed, towered, and balustraded main house is complemented by a matching hipped roofed carriage house which is both handsome, and one of Burlington’s finest examples of the new style.
Mail order houses proved to be unusually popular in Burlington, primarily because the town in the early 20th century lacked sawmills and ready access to large stands of timber because most of the land was farmed, converted to fields and meadows, and had been sawmilled in previous centuries.
The belief that the house was a Sears mail order house is further supported by the fact that it sits upon a foundation of "stone-faced concrete block" similar to that which was made by concrete block making machines also sold by the Sears, Roebuck and Company mail order house at this time.
www.burlington.org /clerk/archives/pubs/histcomm/survey/survey.htm   (17430 words)

  
 Rimini Night and Day
There are churches with frescos of the famous fourteenth-century Riminese school, and there is Castle Sigismondo which was both the town house of the Malatesta family and their fortress.
And then there are the splendours of Renaissance Rimini:the Malatesta Temple, Cathedral of Rimini, is one of the architectural masterpieces of the period.
History has also scattered throughout the surrounding countryside a wealth of magnificent Malatesta castles, often the backdrop for important cultural events, and numerous villages which are perfectly preserved examples of medieval town planning:these too now host cultural events to honour their history and traditions.
www.rimininightandday.com /english/artecultura.htm   (318 words)

  
 TCI - Italy to discover - Marche
Located at the confluence of the Rivers Castellano and Tronto, in a deep hollow, 25 km from the Adriatic, this town is a sort of peninsula, protected on the land side by the Colle dell'Annunziata.
Of the Roman colony, all that remains is the Arco di Augusto, or Arch of Augustus, the regular layout of the center, and a literary mention of a basilica built here by the famous Roman architect Vitruvius.
The town was shaped by the rule of the House of Malatesta, from the end of the 13th century until 1463, a period when fine art and architecture were the order of the day.
www.touringclub.it /international_TCI/5_marche.asp   (545 words)

  
 Classics
It was chiefly opposed by the synthesis current associated with Voline who argued that what was needed was an organisation that grouped all anarchists regardless of their politics.
Others joined the debate including Malatesta although some of the contributions like that of Malatesta's are coloured by the difficulty of communicating in this period.
(Malatesta was under house arrest in fascist Italy).
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/2419/clasicdx.html   (437 words)

  
 Opera Plots I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Coming to the house of Count Juliano, a reputed roué, she craves shelter for the night from his housekeeper, Claudia, who agrees to take her in, if she will dress as a serving-maid and wait on her master's late supper-guests.
This Angela consents to; and on dressing-up in the servant-maid's clothes produced by Claudia, she enters into the plan with zest, and is declared to be a most charming acquisition to the domestics of the household.
Whilst the seneschal is still in a state of dumbfounded amazement at such impudence the Princess herself enters, and the pretended citizen of Paris, delighted with her beauty and charm of manner, at once falls in love with her.
www.mrichter.com /opera/files/plots.htm   (14989 words)

  
 Pero Tafur
The buildings and houses had fallen into decay: the streets, reduced in some cases to marshes or filled with rubbish, were hardly passable.
A show of greatness was attempted by means of empty ceremonies and celebrations, but some idea of the actual condition of the city may be gathered from the fact that when Tafur was there wild beasts were breeding in the caves and waste spaces.
At Cairo he made friends at once with the Sultan's chief interpreter, a renegade Jew of Seville, and it seems clear that in order to secure this highly-placed official's good-will, Tafur claimed to be his fellow citizen, although there is little doubt that he was born in Cordova.
chass.colostate-pueblo.edu /history/seminar/tafur/tafur1.htm   (14208 words)

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