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Leonardo Bruni or Leonardo Aretino (c. 1370 – March 9, 1444) was an Italian humanist, historian and statesman, often recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. He has been called the first modern historian. [2]
Subjects Of Study: Florence. Leonardo Bruni (born c. 1370, Arezzo, Florence [Italy]—died March 9, 1444, Florence) was an Italian humanist scholar of the Renaissance. Bruni was secretary to the papal chancery from 1405 and served as chancellor of Florence from 1427 until his death in 1444.
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Leonardo Bruni (b. 1370–d. 1444) is one of the most interesting and versatile of the early Italian humanists. Intellectual leader of the generation following Coluccio Salutati, Bruni made substantial contributions to all the humanistic disciplines except poetry.
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Bruni, Leonardo ca. 1370–1444 Italian historian and humanist. Leonardo Bruni, the most important Italian humanist of the early 1400s, gained famed for his histories and biographies and his translations of ancient Greek works. His most ambitious project was a history of the city of Florence.
In his works of history, Bruni was the first scholar of the Renaissance to describe a period of ignorance and superstition after the collapse of the western Roman Empire, an age followed by his own more sensible and enlightened times.
Sep 14, 2018 · Leonardo Bruni was among the bestselling authors of the fifteenth century and among the most influential early Renaissance humanists. This entry briefly explores Bruni’s life and writings with emphasis on his contributions to the history of rhetoric and philosophy across the many genres of his published works. Download reference work entry PDF.
JAMES HANKINS. Harvard University. It will perhaps seem odd to claim that Leonardo Bruni’s History of the Florentine Peoplehas been neglected by students of Renaissance political thought. Written over the space of a quarter century, between 1415/16 and 1442, it was the civic humanist’s most important original work.
