Lombardy

In Lombardy, duelists were limited in the early Middle Ages to just shield and club.

Nowhere can be found a region capable of supporting a larger population to the square mile than Lombardy.

Piedmont alone vies with her, and is improving far more rapidly, but Lombardy has great natural capacities peculiarly her own.

A general rising was planned in Lombardy, but failed, as the Austrians received news of the proposed cession of Milan.

In Tuscany, Piedmont and Lombardy the open country has been orderly, but the borders infested with brigands.

The government of Lombardy was hopelessly incapable, and everybody wished to see it superseded.