Erminio Fonzo

Università degli Studi di Salerno | UNISA · Department of Humanities, Philosophy and Education

In "Meridione. Nord e Sud del mondo", 4 2021, pp. 122-153 I contributi sulla storia di Benevento e del Sannio pubblicati negli ultimi venti anni sono molto numerosi e comprendono opere di carattere generale sulla storia della provincia o del suo ca-poluogo, lavori dedicati a singoli paesi o a singoli eventi, ricerche di carattere biografico su per...

In "Journal of Mediterranean Knowledge”, n. 6 (1), June 2021, pp. 129-158 The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the interest of public opinion and historians in epidemics and infectious diseases. Such topics have been often overlooked by the “general” history, receiving attention only in the history of medicine, but from the beginning of the pandemi...

Nel 1960 i Giochi internazionali per paraplegici di Stoke Mandeville, istituti nel 1948, fu-rono disputati a Roma, poco dopo le Olimpiadi. A posteriori, la manifestazione è stata con-siderata come prima edizione delle Paralimpiadi. I Giochi erano aperti solo agli atleti in carrozzina e il livello di partecipazione, organizza-zione e attenzione med...

In “Meridione. Nord e Sud del mondo”, no. 4 2020, pp. 65-101 ITA Negli anni '70, la provincia di Benevento segue per molti aspetti le dinamiche nazionali, ma conserva le peculiarità di una cittadina del Mezzogiorno interno e alcune caratteristiche più specifiche: condizioni economiche difficili; lotta politica basata in larga parte sul clientelism...

in "Storia dello sport. Rivista di studi contemporanei", 3, 2021, pp. 1-18 The space reserved to sport in the Enciclopedia Italiana was quite scarce. During the Fascist Venten-nio, sport began to be considered a subject worthy of attention by intellectuals, but this process was only at the beginning. Nevertheless, several entries of the Encicloped...

ENG The creation of the “new goliard” was the main objective of the fascist policy for university students and was part of the more general construction of the “new man”, which the regime tried to pursue throughout the Ventennio. Universities had to produce the ruling class of the future and, as a consequence, the fascistization of students was ind...

ENG Fascism paid special attention to university student formation because it was from the student body that the future ruling class was to emerge, and fascist policy intended to develop the «new Goliard», disciplined and loyal to the regime. Sport played a vital role and, in 1935, the secretary of the Partito nazionale fascista (Pnf), Achille Star...

Ondina Valla, vincitrice di una medaglia d'oro alle Olimpiadi del 1936, era l'atleta donna più famosa durante il regime fascista. La sua vittoria olimpica contribuì a favorire un cambiamento nella mentalità sullo sport femminile. Ondina Valla, Italian runner who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics, was the most famous female athlete durin...

ENGLISH During his political militancy, Antonio Gramsci had to face a nationalist movement on the rise, which found expression in the Italian Nationalist Association (Associazione nazionalista italiana – ANI), born in 1910 and existed until 1923. The Association was animated by an imperialist-authoritarian ideology and supported the interests of th...

ITALIAN L’Afro–Napoli United, una squadra di calcio nata nel 2009, ha disputato i campionati amatoriali fino al 2013, in seguito si è iscritta alla Figc e ha raggiunto la serie Eccellenza. Sin dalla fondazione, l’Afro–Napoli ha trovato nell’inclusione dei migranti il suo principale punto di forza, proponendo un interessante modello di integrazione,...

Sport is considered a tool to ease intercultural dialogue and integration of migrants in the hosting countries. Actually, sport activities have great potentialities, but the participation of foreigners and the impact of athleticism on their integration are limited by some barriers. In Campania some attempts to favour the integration through sport h...

Repositioning the Great Sea at the Centre of the World: an International Collaboration Erminio Fonzo & Hilary A. Haakenson The Emperors, the Caliph(s) and the Doctor: Cross-cultural Encounters and Interactions on the “Periphery” of Byzantium (ca. 650-950) Luca Zavagno & Zeynep Olgun Conflicts, Equilibria, Hegemonies: the Case for Catalan-Arag...

ENGLISH The fascist regime paid great attention to physical education and sport, understood as both spectator and amateur sport. The Olympic games were a sort of ultimate goal of the Italian sportive organization, as they allowed to test the strength of athletes and to show the world the greatness of the "Italian race" shaped by the regime. The re...

The province of Benevento represents an interesting case study to describe the social and political dynamics that ruled the passage from the fascist regime to republican democracy. After the fall of Fascism, in the province of Benevento, like in many realities of Southern Italy, politicians of the liberal Italy, more or less inactive during the reg...

ITALIAN Che ruolo ha avuto il mondo antico nella formazione intellettuale di Antonio Gramsci? In che modo e in che misura le sue conoscenze dell’età greco-romana hanno influito sull’elaborazione del suo pensiero politico? Sono queste le domande alla base del libro. Si consideri che Gramsci, sia durante la militanza politica giovanile, sia nella p...

The training of master students in the sports sector and in adapted physical activity is in evolution for the changing requests of the sports market. An analysis of the state of the art is useful with in-depth analysis of specific cases. The University of Salerno, Italy, has a course of study that has the training objectives on assessment and sport...

One of the aims of the adapted physical activity, APA, is the sport for disabled athletes with specific rules and applied only to the specific category of disabled people who compete under the government of the International Paralympic Committee, IPC, and Special Olympics, SO. The study wants to hypothesize adaptation processes for races open also...

ITALIAN Nel periodo agosto-ottobre 1943 la provincia di Benevento fu ripetutamente colpita dai bombardieri alleati. Il capoluogo, in particolare, subì distruzioni ingenti, che cambiarono il volto della città, e un elevato numero di vittime, superiore alle 1.000 persone. L'articolo ricostruisce la storia dei bombardamenti sul Sannio, raccontando bre...

ITALIAN Nei primi anni del Novecento, la nascente società di massa favorì lo sviluppo di forme moderne di comunicazione politica. In Italia sorsero gruppi nazionalisti, prevalentemente formati da studenti e da altri appartenenti alla borghesia, che in casi piuttosto frequenti si servirono di mezzi violenti contro i nemici esterni e interni: simboli...

ENGLISH During the fascist regime, sport was widely used as a form of propaganda, by glorifying the victories of the Italian athletes, and as a factor for the nationalization of the masses, in order to strengthen the consensus for the regime and create the «new man», strong and vigorous, worthy heir of the ancient Romans. Women’s sport, however, di...

After the World War II, about 300.000 Italian people abandoned Istria and Dalmatia, which were annexed by Yugoslavia, and moved to Italy. The exodus is tied to the atrocities committed by the Slaves forces, the so called foibe massacres. Today the memory of these events is growing, mainly in its public-institutional representations, and a number of...

During World War I, the holding Ansaldo, located in Genoa, emerged as one of the most important Italian companies, thanks to its supply to the armed forces. In the years 1915-1918, the social capital of the corporation grew from 30 to 500 million lire, the workers from 6.000 to 56.000. Ansaldo was not the only producer that took advantage from the...

SPANISH Durante la primera década del siglo XX, Enrico Corradini fue uno de los más destacados representantes del “variado nacionalismo” italiano, él que más que otros supo transformar un genérico sentimiento de potencia en una concreta acción política. América Latina fue muy importante para la evolución de las ideas de Corradini, el cual, en 1908,...

L'articolo ricostruisce brevemente la storia di Benevento dal Decennio francese in avanti, prestando attenzione alle dinamiche sociali e politiche. The article reconstructs shortly the history of Benevento from the French Decade until now, focusing on social and politic dynamics.

ITALIANO Negli anni del regime fascista l’ideale della donna come «angelo del focolare» si conci- liava male con la partecipazione femminile alle attività sportive. Il fascismo, tuttavia, riservò una grande attenzione allo sport, servendosene sia come fattore di educazione e socializzazione delle masse, sia come veicolo di propaganda. La vicenda di...

ENG Short history of asylum seekers and refugees in Italy from 1945 to 1989, with special attention to the attitude of the public opinion compared to the present situation. ITA Breve storia dei richiedenti asilo e dei rifugiati in Italia dal 1945 al 1989, con particolare attenzione alle reazione della pubblica opinione in confronto alla situazione...

After the World War II, about 300.000 Italian people abandoned Istria and Dalmatia, which were annexed by Yugoslavia, and moved to Italy. The exodus is tied to the atrocities committed by the Slavic forces, the so called foibe massacres. Today the memory of these events is growing, mainly in its public-institutional representations, and many initia...

ENG The collective memory of the Italian emigration has been increasing since some decades, mostly in its public and institutional representations. Since the 1980s, monuments, museums and public ceremonies dedicated to the emigrants have been spreading all over the country, with prevalence in the NorthEast (mainly in the provinces of Belluno and Tr...

ESP La final chilena de la Copa Davis de 1976 tuvo mucha repercusión en la prensa italiana, tanto en la deportiva como en la política, por el debate que se desencadenó acerca de la oportunidad de que el equipo italiano viajara al país latinoamericano: el golpe de Augusto Pinochet había derrocado al gobierno socialista de Salvador Allende desde hací...

ITALIAN Il volume ricostruisce la storia dell’Associazione nazionalista italiana (ANI) dalla fondazione (1910) alla fusione con il Partito nazionale fascista (1923). L’Associazione rappresentò la versione italiana del nazionalismo imperialista-autoritario, che negli anni a cavallo tra ‘800 e ‘900 si affermò in tutta Europa. Nel giro di alcuni anni...

ENGLISH «In war, truth is the first casualty». This famous aphorism can be effectively applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as the two parties use to propose an one-sided narrative of the conflict and of the history of Palestine. Indeed history, along with religion, is an important motivator for the two contenders, as both want to be recogn...

Resumen En el presente artículo de investigación se presenta una reflexion a partir de una metodología cualitativo-descriptiva sobre el intento de Italia de participar, entre los siglos xIx y xx, en la explotación de los recursos de América Latina. En 1898, le empresa minera Martini, apoyada por el mis-mo Gobierno, obtuvo la concesión para explotar...

In the decade before World War I, close connections developed in Italy between the nationalists and major elements of large-scale industry. As the Italian Nationalist Association, founded in 1910, became the main political reference for industrialists, the ties between nationalism and the business community helped to undermine the liberal state and...

ENGLISH Emigration is an important lieu de mémoire of the Italians, as it involved, closely or remotely, the whole population. The memory of emigration is linked to the present immigration towards Italy, but in general it is not sufficient to favour open-door policies towards foreigners and to allow citizens to have a right perception of migratory...

Il volume ricostruisce la storia della Cassa agraria di Battipaglia (Salerno) nel più generale contesto dello sviluppo della cittadina e della storia della Piana del Sele. La storia della Cassa ha attraversato tutte le vicende del ‘900 italiano. Nata nel 1914 per iniziativa di 42 agricoltori, la Cassa ha accompagnato lo sviluppo di Battipaglia e ne...

ENGLISH In the late summer of 1943 the province of Benevento was deeply involved in World War II. The capital and numerous towns suffered heavy bombing by the Allies. In the wake of the armistice, moreover, the province was occupied by Germans, who remained for a short time, from 20 to 40 days, but anyway committed many atrocities against populati...

ENGLISH In 1902 Italy, along with United Kingdom and Germany, participated in a naval blockade of the Venezuelan harbours, as the Caribbean country, ruled by the dictator Cipriano Castro, refused to reimburse the foreigners damaged during the civil wars. Italy acted in condition of isolation, since her participation was not appreciated by the othe...

ENGLISH Cecil Roth, one of the most prominent Jewish historians, and the debate arisen about his works on the history of the Jews; Roth’s works within the “official” Israeli historiography. ITALIAN Cecil Roth, uno dei più noti storici ebrei, e le discussioni intorno alle sue opere sulla storia del "popolo eletto". I lavori di Roth nell'ambito d...

ENGLISH The myth of the siege of Masada (73 CE) was one of the essential elements of the Israeli nation building. The article analyzes how the Zionist movement and the State of Israel have used the myth in the XX century. ITALIAN Il mito dell'assedio di Masada (73 d.C) è stato un elemento centrale del nation building israeliano. Il saggio esami...

ENGLISH Israeli "new historians" (Benny Morris, Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim and others) and their works about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The debate arisen in Israel, Palestine and rest of the world after the publication of their books. Change and persistence in the Israeli perception of the past and in the public use of history. ITALIAN I “nu...

ENGLISH The district of Viseu, located in the Central and Northern Portugal, in the XIX century was a rural area. The mutual aid societies, therefore, were not aimed to the trade-union representation but to social security and to sociability. Besides the mutual aid societies, in the district there were agrarian syndicates and associations for the...

ENGLISH How a dictatorship arises? How Fascism conquered a province, such as Salerno, where it was almost completely inexistent until the March on Rome? What changes it brought in social and political dynamics? These are the questions at the heart of this book. In Salerno, like in many other places of Southern Italy, Mussolini’s regime was «confor...

ENGLISH The crisis of the Italian liberal state, following World War I, had special characteristics in the province of Salerno, formed by both relatively modern areas and backward zones. The political system was largely ruled by old notables, but the wake of the war some changes took place. The article analyzes the development of the mass parties,...

ENGLISH The book analyzes the birth of the workers’ associations in the province of Naples and follows their development until the crisis of the end of the XIX century. Mainly based on sources of the State Archive of Naples and on daily newspapers, it focuses on mutual aid societies, which after Italian unification were the most common form of wor...

ENGLISH History of mutual aid societies and working class in the province of Avellino. The origin of the social security system; the links between social associations and politics. ITALIAN Storia delle società di mutuo soccorso e della classe operaia in provincia di Avellino. Le origini del sistema previdenziale; i legami tra associazioni sociali e...

ENGLISH Carlo Pisacane, leader of the expedition of Sapri in 1857, became a myth in the labour movement of Naples (his hometown), but his figure was less worshipped than Garibaldi, myth par excellence of democrats and socialists. ITALIAN Carlo Pisacane, leader della Spedizione di Sapri del 1857, divenne un mito nel movimento operaio napoletano (sua...

ENGLISH The confraternity of Sant'Antonio dei Nobili was one of the most ancient and most important religious associations in Salerno. It was charged with the assistance to those sentenced to death and was formed by aristocrats. Being a member became a sort of status symbol, so that the history of the confraternity is an interesting element of the...

ENGLISH Sociability has been an important topic of historical research since some decades. It is, indeed, an essential element for political participation, of both upper class and workers. Through sociability, either formalized in association or informal, citizens have become aware of their rights and have begun to concern themselves with public a...