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Preface / Lorenzo Ornaghi -- Introduction : At The Origins Of A History : From The Ancient Era To The End Of The Ancien Regime / Danilo Zardin -- The Rise Of The Medieval City / Marina Gazzini -- The Duomo And The City : An Uninterrupted Dialogue / Annalisa Albuzzi -- The Ca' Granda, Milan's Heart Of Charity / Edoardo Bressan -- The Seeds Of Lombard Realism In The Art Of The Renaissance In Milan / Alessandro Rovetta -- From Carlo To Federico Borromeo : At The Origins Of A New Ambrosian Identity / Danilo Zardin -- The Preeminence Of Milan Within The Preindustrial Economic System / Alberto Cova -- The Enlightenment Of Milan / Claudio Bernardi -- Success And Failure In Leadership : Milan In The History Of National Unity / Alessandro Colombo -- Manzoni : Reason, Sensibility And Culture For All Purposes And For All / Rita Zama -- Business, Entrepreneurs And Local Institutions In Milan From The Unification To The Economic Miracle / Claudio Besana -- The Moral Capital : Social Vitality And Municipal Outlook In Milan Between The 19th And 20th Centuries / Daniele Bardelli -- Virtues And Troubles Of Modernisation : Politics And Society After The Second World War / Aldo Carera -- Great Figures Of 20th Century Milanese Catholicism / Maria Bocci -- The Vocation Of Milan In Today's Reality / Giulio Sapelli. Edited By Danilo Zardin. Collected Essays. Orig. Title: Il Cuore Di Milano, Now Partly Updated. Translated By Jonathan Weatherill. Milan (lombardy). Includes Bibliographical References.