Prophetic Times

'In this learned and engaging monograph Maurizio Viroli focuses on the combination of politics and religion. More specifically, he assesses how it has been articulated and expressed in Italian history from the late Middle Ages to the present. The author's ability to synthetize is, in my opinion, one of the main merits of this wide and interdisciplinary (almost encyclopedic) study. Viroli has managed to gather almost eight centuries of Italian history in a mere 250 pages … placing the topic at hand within its wider European context.' Stefano U. Baldassarri, History of European Ideas