La Filologia romanza e la fondazione della cultura nazionale: Ernesto Monaci, l’università e la scuola

The history of Romance philology in post-unification Italy is linked to the history of the university’s foundation, conceived as a pivotal institution for the construction of the scientific and spiritual culture of the new state. Ernesto Monaci had an active role in that reform process, based on the constant dialogue and confrontation he entertained with the rest of Europe, an approach meant to develop the modern structures of a free and constitutional state.1n