Sinti and Roma: A European History
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Arrival in the West
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Illustration of Diebold Schilling the Elder (1485) Roma, described as 'baptized pagans' in Bern. Amtliche Spiezer Chronik, p. 749.
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Arrival in the West
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Arrival in Italy
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Antonio Solario in a portrait typical of the era (ca 1465-1530).
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Boccaccio Boccaccino, "Gypsy Girl", 1516-1518 ca., Tempera on board, 24x19 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
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Arrival in Italy
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Repressive measures in Europe
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The Suppliants: Expulsion of the Gypsies from Spain by Edwin Long. Royal Holloway, University of London. Oil on canvas, 1872. © Royal Holloway, University of London
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Repressive measures in Europe
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Repressive measures in Italy
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Naples, Gypsies locksmiths, K. Stieler, E. Paulus, W. Kaden, From the Alps to Etna, 1878.
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Repressive measures in Italy
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Repressive measures in Milan, Italy
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Bando contra li zingari published in Bologna on September 3, 1592 decreeing the expulsion of gypsies ("zingari") from the city
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Repressive measures in Milan, Italy
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Nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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Vincent Van Gogh, The gypsy caravan near Arles, 1888
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Le Petit Journal, November 12, 1905, Paris (France).
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Nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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Anthropometric identity book, early twentieth century, France. Source: Impagliazzo M., “Il caso zingari”, Milano, Leonardo International, 2008.
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